Java Jive wrote:

My original blue-sky thinking exercise covered a number of different
technologies, any of which may, or may not, be useful approaches.
There was not one of them that would be a stand-alone solution on its
own, but there were several that might make some sort of contribution.
This particular one was an adaptation of an idea of Prof Mackay's. I
think it may have some merit, but would require further analytical
investigation.

As far as I am aware, noone has mooted part-powering trains by
batteries before, and, although there would certainly be problems, one
of which I mentioned to begin with, human technology advances by
solving problems.

You were suggesting not that long ago that lithium hydroxide
could be used to capture carbon from power generation, on the grounds
that it had been used to absorb CO2 in the Apollo missions, without
doing the slightest amount of research as to why this particular
compound was used in that specific application.

Your blue-sky thinking appears to be little more than an excuse to
project your ego, and one suspects that this is the only
'contribution' it makes.

Oh, and stop quoting the BBC on the topic. Since they adapoted their
policy of only presenting the case for CC, and not allowing any
contrary view, they are not a reliable source, and haven't been for
some time.

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Terry Fields