Saturday, November 7, 2015

The end of the aluminum industry in America? (corrected)

American Thinker



The article accuses China of dumping cheap aluminum on our markets, and Obama makes it hard to compete because of his hostility to fossil fuels, especially coal.



comment:



I don't think that coal has to be dirty.  You can separate out the carbon by using only a part of it for energy production through oxidation, and that energy would be applied to producing hydrogen.  The hydrogen can go into making ammonia, which can be used directly in automobile engines.  Or it can be used to transport hydrogen for fuel cell cars.



( Ammonia from ) Coal is said to be 20 times cheaper per BTU than oil.  Assuming that that's true, ( and why doubt it?) it seems a no-brainer to use it to convert to ammonia.



Why isn't it done then?  Excessive influence of people like Obama doesn't help.




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