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Re: fHuman vs. natural influences on the environment




>Way back a few days in <4u3op5$6r0_004@pm6-87.hal-pc.org>,
>charliew wrote:
>>You might want to watch for hidden assumptions here.  It 
is
>>likely that carbon-carbon bonds contain more energy than 
>>carbon-hydrogen bonds (in molecules).  Thus, 1 pound of
>>gasoline can probably propel an automobile farther than 1
>>pound of natural gas, which would partially offset the
>>"carbon tax advantage" that methane seems to have.
>
>Tony Tsakiris of Ford promptly published the heating value
>of methane and octane, showing that methane contains
>substantially more energy/mass than octane.  This
>was completely lost on charliew.

OK, jerk.  I speculated on this one and was wrong.  There, I 
admit it.  Are you happy now?

>
>Yesterday, in a private communication in response to 
article 
><4u7g6n$ckj@condor.ic.net>, charliew wrote:
>%>Your new homework assignment is to calculate the heat of
>%>combusion of methane and iso-octane per unit mass of 
CARBON,
>%>in your choice of consistent units.  Extra credit:  
assuming
>%>a $50/ton carbon-emission tax and that a car consumes the
>%>energy-equivalent of 100 grams of iso-octane per mile,
>%>calculate the tax advantage of methane fuel over 
iso-octane.
>%>
>%>Maybe you'll learn something this time.
>%
>%I wasn't so concerned with learning something last time.  
>%However, if I take the time to read about the comparison, 
it 
>%would be nice to have physical units that mean something. 
 
>%Comparisons on a molar or volume basis are meaningless.
>
>In other words, you are unable to convert from quantities 
per
>mole to quantities per unit mass.  Dividing by the 
molecular
>weight is too difficult for you.  Determining the energy 
per
>unit mass of one chemical element in a compound is beyond
>your abilities.  Finally, you are unwilling to stretch them
>to meet the challenge.
>

No.  The correct conclusion is that I don't take 
"assignments" from a pompous asshole like you.  Do your 
owned damned homework, fool.



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