Pursuing the Economical Enhancement of Supercritical Fluids! by Johnnie Buttram

Hi Johnnie, Thank you for submitting your proposal and sorry about the apparent technical glitch. I will connect with the MIT folks and see what they can do to correct the problem. Regards, Jeff

Dear John Smith, Thank you for your comment. When we were notified by Co Lab the 2015 contests were now in operation - I moved two proposals from the Proposal Workplace to the Adaptation and Energy Contest sites. Somehow - somewhere - in the transmission the important protein of the proposals were not transferred to the "What Actions do You Propose? site. I have notified Co Lab and hopefully they will rectify this situation before everyone backs off taking my research seriously! Once again, I want to thank you for your time - and I am truly sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Johnnie Buttram

Dear Johnnie-Buttram, Because contests ask different questions, we give members the ability to copy text from their previous proposal to answer the new contest's questions. To do this, when members move their proposals, they can select the "Copy from base proposal" button under each new question. If a member does not do this, the content will not transfer to the new contest. Our site developers will look into your proposal's history to recover the Actions section. ~~ Laur Climate CoLab Project Manager

Dear Johnnie, You've brought an interesting and important concept to the table by pointing out the benefits of super-critical fluids. In the past, I've studied many of the technical areas/application of SCF and can see how SCF can bring advanced levels of efficiency to a number of climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. I'm working on a marine based BECCS protocol and there are multiple applications for SCF within a vast scale biomass production/processing (i.e. BECCS) effort. I will point to your proposal(s) if and when SCF related production details need to be explained.

Dear Johnnie-Buttram, we restored a previous version of your "WHAT" section. Could you please check whether that is correct? ~~ Thomas Climate CoLab Software Engineer

Hi Johnnie, Here are a few links which may be relative to mid-oceanic proposals. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/search.html?q=OTEC http://www.otecnews.org/ http://planetearthandhumanity.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-otec-professors-of-japan-and-usa.html http://www.navysbir.com/n11_1/N111-071.htm http://mhk.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php/Tethys_Home http://www.interridge.org/ http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/eoi/index.html http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/outstand/bake2544/discussion.shtml http://www.marshallhydrothermal.com/ The Navy/SBIR is most germane. We seem to be working along the same lines with the primary divergence being my focus upon the actual biomass production for portable energy/biohar/food/fuel/water etc. which used mid-oceanic ridge resources coupled with nutricline resources. Whereas your work seems to be focused upon the basic energy conversion/harvesting within the mid-oceanic ridges with only brief mention of the full spectrum of commodity production potential. And, I truly understand how difficult it is to fit a complex concept into the space we have. The primary points I would like to bring to your attention is that the surface support vessels can, themselves, be used for a wide range of biomass production needs. And, they need to be engineered for a 100 wave (approx. 35 meters in hight). The below references may help illustrate what others are proposing in this arena. A Marine Covective Tower and Biomass Production Complex https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4dTSYGhZ8XnOENXQmU2UndIczA/view?usp=sharing Tropos and Shimizu oceanic complex concepts http://www.troposplatform.eu/ and http://www.shimz.co.jp/english/theme/dream/pdf/greenfloat_e.pdf Artificial Upwelling of Deep Seawater Using the Perpetual Salt Fountain for Cultivation of Ocean Desert http://www.greenseaupwelling.com/Reference.html Chemosynthetic production of biomass - An idea from a recent oceanographic discovery http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ventcd/pdf/JannaschOCv22.pdf Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Coupled with the Oxyhydrogen Reaction in Algae (Water Production with Primary Production Aquaculture) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19873340 In brief, we need portable biofuels if we are to compete against the global FF industry as biofuels will keep the current energy distribution networks functioning...which is an important global financial stability need...for now. I would like to find some way in-which we can collaborate as we are, in essence, trying to bring attention to the same suite of technological solutions. Best regards, Michael P.S. Your graphics are appearing oversized for the format. There is a way to adjust the size of the graphics through right clicking them and opening up the 'attribute' tab. M

Dear Michael, thanks for your comments and especially the Navy/SBIR article. Although the environmental entities like the green float islands are more sophisticated and appealing . . to be honest . . at this stage of the game I am more focused on trying to find the most simple denominator, where our world has the option to use free energy provided by thermal vents to transform the beneficial options provided by our oceans into life sustaining products at a fair price to the masses. Michael, again I thank you for your comments and help on this sophisticated project. I also want to commend you, and the ocean foresters and others for all the hard work and effort you do to promote the benefits of our oceans.(BECCS). Johnnie

Dear Michael, No apology needed - especially when you're pursuing the possibilities of greater understanding. Also, thanks for providing the link to the Marshall Hydrothermal Group of visionaries. This is a good example, where focus and commitment to do the right things could help Planet Earth have a more sustainable future. Michael, thanks again, Johnnie

Dear laxmimanohar, Thank you for your comment. After reading the information - http://www.marshallhydrothermal.com/ (please see above)provided to me from collaborator Michael Hays on this project - I better understand why a 90 day time line as a start-up mode might be considered as being overly optimistic on my part. I have now changed the time line. Thank you - for your focus' Johnnie Buttram

Dear Dustin Carey, Thank you for your insightful comment. Yes - your simplification of the SCF proposal is correct. However - if this became a reality - this could be a positive addition to be the economic stimulus we need to help offset the climate change dilemma now facing Planet Earth. Thank you for your time. Johnnie Buttram