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Hello Piltick. Very sorry I did not thank you for your post Last Fri 16.16 Re the merger for your explanation why you don't think think the share price will drop. From your explanation, it does seem to depend on the new company getting good earnings which in turn depends on the progress of the FOAK DMG and the roll out of the next 11 . Won't the new company only get a licence fee rather than the earnings from the running of the DMGs . I can't remember the details now. Heres hoping
Re your 17.12 post Testpack3. I wish I could be as optimistic as you re change of US government (or even just a change of president). Trump has some fanatical (not to say dangerous) supporters who think he is the real messiah . He will do his best to rig the next election like he probably did last time. If anyone dares to say he did , he will just say it is fake news, his favorite response. He will be really hard to get rid of.
The SGH2 Company using plasma gasification says it gasifies all the carbon into CO2 (I think) PHE and Ways2H using lower temerature gasification do produce char ,which I assume has some carbon in it as well as metals and sulphur products . The char is inert and can be used as building materials. My worry is that waste collection companies will wake up to the fact that "waste" of all sorts will indeed become a valuable fuel rather than an embarrisment that they need to pay PHE et al to get rid of. I hope the penny does not drop too soon!
There is research going on to reduce the generation of chlorine to a minimum using sea water. See the link. It also points out that in those areas most likely to want to use sea water a useful byproduct of hydrogen fueled vehicles using fuel cells would be pure water which could be collected instead of shoved out the exhaust pipe
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-closer-sustainable-energy-seawater.html
Yes Re Plastic production. Ineos makes an interesting case for overall sustainability but says nothing about dealing with the waste:
"OUR INDUSTRY IS energy and carbon-intensive, but it is highly efficient. The products we produce and supply to other industries and society enable significant resource and energy savings; and as a consequence reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions. For every tonne of CO2 emitted during production, chemical products save two tonnes of CO2 during use.
Areas where most savings are made are transportation, heating, construction, agriculture, packaging, consumer goods, power and lighting. Our products also provide the raw materials for renewable energy technology, including wind turbines and solar panels. "
I do remember a TV program saying that in spite of all attempts at recycling, re purposing and seeking alternatives ,the amount of plastic being produced will be escalating to the point where these attempts will NOT decrease the amount of non recycled plastic that will spill into the enviroment. It sounded really scary. Time for PHE et al to step up to the mark!
Yes because these figures are for peak output capability of the electricity producer and maximum input rating of the electrolyser . As we know ,the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine all the time . In the UK , wind does blow more often (especially off shore) than the sun shines (except in the last two months). So your figures of 2GW for wind (real output) and 3GW for solar seem reasonable rule of thumb. I have noticed many fields full of solar panels recently on train journeys( farmers still getting subsidies for them?) ,so if summers do get hotter in the future, due to present trends in global warming , they may generate a bit more! !