Martyn Miles
pfm Member
Ironic, isn't it?
There is a CO2 crisis.
Strangely, nothing to do with climate change.
There is a CO2 crisis.
Strangely, nothing to do with climate change.
A pint? That's very nearly an armful!
sarcastic response, - because context is everything. Monumental difference in direction & aspect of problems between '400ppm C02 in the atmosphere', dreadful though that is - and 'a reliable source of 100% C02 at 300bar in bottles or liquid for a plethora of industrial uses.'
tl;dr
Response to OP: category error. It's not remotely 'ironic'.
Ironic, isn't it?
There is a CO2 crisis.
Strangely, nothing to do with climate change.
‘Stored electricity’?
It’s nitrous oxide the country could use at the moment. Boris is fulfilling his promise and quite literally dismantling Britain. I think a Ted Heath-era winter of discontent is on the cards and Johnson won’t be able to lie his way out of this one.
Good Morning All,
Anybody able to comment that the fertiliser firms have made more money from selling their gas allotment into the market at peak price times? I suspect it may be internet misinformation but.......................
I know people on Octopus Agil Outgoing have been selling stored electricity in to the market between 1600 - 1900 when the wholesale price has gone north of £2,000MWh.
Regards
Richard
Thatcher’s Big Bang October 1986, Boris Johnson’s Big Bang Sept 2021
I can't understand why we rely heavily on one source of materials!! I have been involved in the chemical industry for a lifetime and there are many sources of CO2, brewing for one. Also in the day nitrogen was used for food packaging and came from the production of tonnage oxygen for many uses including metal smelting, life-support in NHS etc. Why on earth can this not be used in food production, humane slaughtering etc, it is a gas and can be easily transported so what has industry been doing by painting itself into a corner with one raw material and one producer. Thank god I am in Spain and don't need UK cheese, meat or other products but please learn lessons and get the various acts together. Merry Christmas, we will have turkey here, you might have to have Chinese ones!!
FF
There are a number of technical reasons why CO2 is used instead of nitrogen. Don't imagine that it was decided on a whim.I looked up CM Fertilisers and of course they are American so BoJo is now subsidising them. Short sighted or what!!
Strangely enough I know the plant in Billingham and it is very old, more than 50 years when ICI owned it. There are better ways to make explosives (sorry fertilisers) and it confirms my view that Nitrogen is a much better gas to use for most purposes and CO2 from brewing is also available.
FF