alternative fuels? from the Seisco website

leo g_97

interesting statement

"That sounds good until we recognize that today’s gas electric generating turbines are providing over 50% efficiency, much better than 34% efficiency so often cited. Even more important is the fact that a growing percentage of electricity is generated by natural gas putting more pressure on gas prices. The source of electric generation, however, is so diverse that the use of electricity to heat water actually saves the very fuels we need to save, being oil and natural gas. The sources for electric generation include nuclear from which we get approximately 20% of our total energy, hydro in which we get approximately 10%, coal approximately 40+ percent and the balance a combination of energy sources including natural gas, oil, wind, geothermal etc. Coal gasification technology has reached the level where coal can be converted to gas and burned to generate electricity as clean as natural gas if not cleaner. "


leo g