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In article <Mar.3.19.58.42.1990.6561@athos.rutgers.edu> sorgatz%sdcsvax@ttidca.tti.com ( Avatar) writes:
> After all, the current method for producing methyl alcohol  involves  the
>hydrogenation of carbon monoxide..something we have plenty of!  The use of
>methanol as a portable-energy supply is much better in terms of the  total
>pollution  factors than, say, lead-acid storage batteries.  This is due to
>the acid-vapor that lead-acid cells outgas during the  use/charge  cycles.
>Very low pollution numbers compared to gasoline & diesel fuels.

This may seem like a useless nit to pick, but I suspect a lot of 
technology-dreamers are limiting themselves the same way.
Acid-vapor outgassing?  With a sealed diamond-shell battery??  With a 
nanotech fuel cell to recombine the H2 and O2?  Or maybe even nanotech-
built electrodes that don't outgas?
As long as we're assuming nanotech, let's assume that we can build things
without worrying about environmental costs--because it's so easy to contain
and clean up!
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now unto me, lost in the dangling conversation, and the superficial sighs...