As the bacon gets fried in the press with many projects being loaded with peak performance funding in the Financial Markets Bill (H.R 1424),  Congress is finally so far down in the hole there's no way out except "All of the Above Energy Independence".  (However, as one of those pork projects for auto race car extensions, high octane leisure activities "are mainstreet America" that continually make money so any investment in that division covers both sides of the coin).

In another actuality check starting at the top, all Global American oil companies are diversifying and don't only drill, drill, drill for oil. Exxon has a new battery fuel cell, petrochemicals for tomorrows new fuel studies, coal to gasoline through gasification, and methanol to gasoline conversion to significantly reduce the potential pollutants from coal including the reduction of SO_x emissions and the capture of CO₂. With their 2030 outlook seeking partnerships with nuclear power and renewable energies, all the huge profits they are making now are going in the right direction in combined cycle (IGCC) with carbon capture and storage (CCS) that goes right back into the ground where all these pollutants naturally pollute the planet with or without man made extensions.

Beyond Petroleum Alternative Energy is investing in new ways of providing energy from innovative new solar and WindTurbine businesses also advancing bio-fuels and clean energy technologies including capture and storage of carbon dioxide from traditional fossil fuels.

Oh, and if you want to just try and just get rid of coal, you might want to think twice about tangling with Warren Buffet because coal is used to make coca cola and if I'm not mistaken that global product is still high on his investment list. Since the Oracle of Omaha is a major investment holder of WindTurbine that says renewable electricity all the way, the overall American infrastructure needs funding and that takes the continuation of utilizing what we have now.

And that clean coal technology is:

Oxy-coal technology in the use of pure oxygen and re-circulated flue gas instead of air in the coal combustion process. Air is roughly 4/5 nitrogen and by using oxygen instead of air, nitrogen is eliminated from the combustion mix creating a purer stream of CO₂ making carbon capture easier and cheaper than conventional methods.

K-Fuel and K-Direct technologies that process clean coal before it is burned is in research and development to dramatically reduce mercury and increase the energy potential in existing coal and allows coal to be refined at power plants on-site thus the reduction of transportation that creates an extra carbon footprint upon just everyday travel.

Millennium Synfuels is in research and development for the recover of synthetic crude oil and natural gas from coal using its Hybrid Energy System technology. It basically retrieves crude oil out of coal still having energy left over for electricity generation. Not only can the remaining solid material called char be used to fuel power stations to produce electricity, further research & development will lead to cleaner uses in products such as hydrogen, ammonia, and sulfur.

If you want to start talking about fuel for the future, Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, making up 75% of all matter. It also contains the most energy of all fuels—55,000 Btu/lb.  The reason this research and development is very useful and can be misleading is because large amounts of energy must be spent to separate, store and transport elemental hydrogen (H₂). Hydrogen in this elemental form is rare on Earth and must be separated from other compounds in order to be used for energy. There are several methods for breaking down hydrogen and among them, again using coal is one of the cheapest.

With processes called Enhanced or Recovery (EOR), more oil can be recovered and operating costs can stay low to hire more employees, and invest in more renewable energies that is the real goal of everyone on the planet for our posterity whether they be human, animal, plant and fishes.

Again in the actual bridge to the future while not making all our current vehicles lawn ornaments with no fuel at all, TBoonePickens & CNG are the Natural Gas Kings of today with real plans where many American vehicles and WindTurbine can burn cleaner and produce cleaner electricity while we transition to 10 years down the road of many more alternative & renewable fuels with even Algae being a green fuel source.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do a little research for "All of Above American Energy Independence", it just takes everyone to keep everyone else honest with recycle processes that don't waste energy spouting off about something they have no idea of what they are talking about, nor are a real participant of how to get to where America really needs to be and go!

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