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Posted on October 5 at 2:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The fertility of sea-cukes such as Stichopus Californicus depends on many different factors, but when were harvesting them in WA-state we figured out how to replant them with a tremendous increase in fertility by performing some "old indian magic" on the cutting table aboard the boat... there's a symbiotic biochemical relationship between cukes and other unrelated species in the natural breeding grounds.
....if ya wanna know exactly how this is done I can demonstrate the technique if you're really seriously interested.
On Alaska commercial harvest begins Monday for sea cucumbers
Posted on October 5 at 2:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted on October 4 at 6:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
As far as I recall, ArcticMix has never been commercialized...yet.
So far it's only been bootlegged by gas-heads who work in the industry.
ArcticMix propane/ethane works best with gentle agitation of the gas-bottle. So, if your stove-flame is poopy at -40F you just wiggle the bottle a little, you don't have to pee on it.
I wonder what Doug Reynolds thinks about the petro-nomics twist of the emerging technology of the Superheterodyne Hydrocarbon.
Microwaves can be used to selectively heat specific parts of simple and complex hydrocarbon molecules...
http://www.globalresourcecorp.com/Engine...
..everything from methane to plastics,from UCG-underground coal gasification to recycling rubber-tires...
and efficiently making GTL too.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/100...
Can Dr.Doug figger out the petronomics of using microwaves, and retooling TAPS to ship gas instead of crude??
If TAPS was a gasline then we could batch ship propane quickly from the slope, then switch to a batch of ethane for the new petrochem industry in Kenai [the 1tcf of ethane can be stored underground there], then ship a batch of methane to reinflate the rest of the CookedInlet underground storage for LNG, then ship more crude to Valdez, then switch back to gas....
..all this can be done by reconfiggering the pumpstations AGAIN, and pushing pigs with lipstick thru the pipe.
[Sarah !!! point that gun over thattaway dang it!!]
Posted on October 3 at 7:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
didn't mean to offend you huffy, so sorry!
You're absolutely right about all the legalities and requirements involved in trucking.
I'm nearing retirement age, but got started driving big-rigs when I was too short to sit in the seat. And I date myself when I tell ya that I remember helping to drive survey stakes in the haulroad ROW before the dozers & gravel trucks got busy.
I visualize a fleet of trucks hauling propane to FBX to be a temporary emergency plan, not a business plan where there's a lot of profit margin to work with. The haulroad needs maintenance money too, so I'd expect to pay for road use and mobilize a few extra pieces of road equipment to help keep the gas-passing smoothly. There always seems to be mountains of hidden expenses in everything, and a good biz manager need always to anticipate this. I expect there will always be big demand for independent LPG-bobtail owner/operators, but as a LPG-gasline gets fully built down to FBX the total product sales will increase and the truck routes will be more in the borough/city oriented...
...this is when the profit margins will be good enough to pay us all back deferred compensation for making the sacrifices in the early days of the project. But at least we'll be passing some gas that can be distributed to fend off frostbite for those folks who really need the propane because fueloil was their only alternative.
Propane can be used more efficiently than fueloil with careful design, so less BTU's can do more efficient heating.
In today's economy I don't expect to secure a fat financing portfolio for a project like this. It's the 1950's all over again.
So huffy you tuffy-trucker...
if you want to become a LPG-bobtail owner/operator I'll be happy to help grow your biz. There's a need for a few big-rig LPG-tankers too, but I'm not expecting to truck as much as possible putting haulroad traffic into a red-flag condition. With good communications I'm guessing single and dual axle trucks can be operated safer per ton/mile on the haulroad. And there's a small but growing market for propane in the YuKoy that can drop demand for fueloil helping to flatten the price for fueloil in FBX...
..so I expect the first truckloads to be distributed in Wiseman, then Coldfoot, then broken down into portable bottles to be carried on winter-trails to Bettles, Stevens Village, Tanana before any lpg gets to FBX.
The goalpath is to plow all extra trucking profits back into expanding the noodle-pipes. So I can't promise "get rich quick"..
we're all freezing together.
[I'm outside right now, but might come back to FBX for Christmas maybe]
Any remarks?
safety thirst..
I know what it's like being burned from head to toe..
we don't want no mo' fireballs on th' ol' haulroad !!!
Posted on October 2 at 7:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Way too much inaccurate and misleading rhetoric.
These politicians need to further their education..
hopefully not at my expense.
We cannot allow ?
We cannot allow ?
We cannot allow a hornets nest to stay in a house full of termites because we have a trillion dollar baseball-bat that we love to bash things with? So we're gonna bash the house and declare victory?
Why not calling in a bug specialist like Orkin?
Better yet don't call Orkin, call an entomologist and trick the bugs into taking up residence elsewhere.
PALIN THE POLARIZER ???
War is not a hockey game..
Biden is only slightly less lost in the woods..
there is never anything that resembles victory in any war,ever.
War Victory is a complete fantasy.
No nation in world history has ever had a victory in war..
you can be victorious in football, baseball, basketball.
War is NOT a game.
Wars are never won, they just stop from exhaustion.
Even the American Revolutionary War of 1776 had NO Victors.
Yes, wars and conflicts often set benchmarks in history, but war is not the only thing that forges historic change. War always leaves behind more regrets than inspiration.
The world still cringes at america..
hmmmmm....
We're not smart enough yet,
human self-extinction is still a threat
terrorism is not a mysterious threat, it's a mental health problem..
goofy enough to use the military to solve the mental health problem?
That's just as dumb as calling the police to respond to a 5alarm warehouse fire, and at the same time ordering the fire-department to go investigate a bank robbery.
American politicians have traditionally been tragically retarded.
[open mouth and insert icecream cone into forehead]
Nukes are a terrible deterrent [another goofy fantasy]
Nuclear Weapons only have one practical use..
..deflecting asteroids from crashing into earth.
It does no good to cherry pick.
"I love Israel, and I hate Iran"
....how very immature of both of these goofs
I've spent a thousand afternoons in gun-shoppes telling war-stories, each time I leave the guys something to think about, these guys slowly read more everyday.
Fight?
Fight?
Fight for Freedom ??
...that's the same thing as killing for freedom.
the dead guy who made the mistake of getting in front of your barking FREEDOM muzzle doesn't get a second chance to learn about anything.
Scheunemann crammed her for the wrong test, that test was dated 1972.
The world is not just Black&White,
it's not just a spectrum of grays,
it's even more rich than a color TV image..
If I had either one of these two candidates working to remodel my house I'd keep them under tight supervision.
I vote everyday, and I still vote no for president..
..don't need one. Let the Bloggers rule.
Posted on October 2 at 5:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hopefully the Veep-wannabe's elucidate the specific technicalities of the pertinent issues of the day better than the two dudes who wannabe the TopDog.
Posted on October 2 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How much pipe could we buy????????
Poly-pipe????
If we used Prudhoe ethane and fed it to a small ship offshore that had an ethylene-pellet plant built onboard...
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&am...
....then we can manufacture our own 4"hdpe-gasline for less than $2/foot.
Installing a tiny 4" LPG-gasline from Prudhoe to FBX will cost much less than anybody is willing to believe, because of decades of mental conditioning.
Posted on October 2 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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Maybe Sarah should see a doctor about if she suffers from hypeventilation. Too much oxygen makes people sound daffy and talk in circles. The doctors might recommend she take up smoking.
http://www.old-time.com/commercials/1940...
Scheunemann might be desperate enough to give her a pack of Camels.
Posted on October 2 at 8:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
http://www.synfuels.com/
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http://www.globalresourcecorp.com/Engine...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPe2rXTte...
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http://www.polypipeinc.com/oilgas.asp
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa3M4ou3k...
Methane to diesel
Methane to gasoline
Methane to methanol
When you marry up microwaves with catalysts you can build gas-to-liquids GTL-plants in a much smaller and portable size. It's now possible to build complete operational GTL-plants that fit in a 2truckload duplex module.
A $2.5mil mini-modular GTL-plant can make 10,000gallons of gasoline/diesel per day for $1.75gal. Sell it for $2.00gal
The cost of the mini-modular GTL-plant will amortize in 2.5years
The cost of the 100mile CNG poly-pipe gaslines will amortize in 2.5years.
Total project amortization 5years.
Put 10 mini-modular GTL-plants in the south side of the Brooks Range.
Distribute them from Noatak to Arctic Village. Feed the gas to these GTL-plants with 24" CNG poly-pipe from the foothills gasfields on the north side of the Brooks Range.
Put the first mini-GTL on a 250'boat.
Where do you find the catalysts?
it's in the blacksands in yer goldpan when doin' cleanup in your sluicebox.
Where do I look for it under the rainbow??
http://www.photon-control.com/spectrosco...
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http://www.jobinyvon.com/X-Ray-Fluoresce...
........flash/rumble
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Posted on October 9 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk209...
Now is the time. Not tomorrow, today! Our future depends on it. Our children and grandchildren are counting on us to act. No excuses. No party politics. Roll up our sleeves and get to work!
Getting started passing propane from Prudhoe doesn't cost billions..
..it doesn't cost millions either.
You can do it for yourself and your neighbors if you invest $25k in a good used LPG-bobtail truck.
This is the entry level deal.
If Fairbanksans decided to start a LPG-cooperative then we could generate a $2mil pool. [without the help of a cash/crash panicked Juneau]
Building a 4" LPG-HDPE-gasline from Prudhoe to Atigun will cost much less than you think, and much faster too.
[30,000' per day -- 820,000' total]
....or have all you rough-n-ready Alaskans turned into overweight couch potato handicappers since I've been gone ???
Well heck, I guess you'll have to loan me your goofy kids...
I make a pretty good camp instructor for Plastic Pipeline Camp.
Don't worry, they'll be just as goofy when I give them back to ya...
but they'll have some new hobbies you'll like.
On Cheaper energy requires choices