Deuterium - the next energy source?

[mazdamazda]

HUGE ENERGY RESOURCE FOUND IN MARIANAS TRENCH

By Agnes E. Donato

SAIPAN, CNMI (Marianas Variety, ) – The world’s largest deposit of deuterium,
which can replace most forms of fuel in powering engines, can be found in the
Marianas and Philippine trenches, according to a research by a local group.

Former Rep. Manasses S. Borja and Melqui Pacis, of Western International
Corp., said the Marianas and the Philippines have a deuterium deposit 868
miles long — 52 miles at its widest point, and 7 miles at its deepest point
in the Marianas.

This deposit, they added, is "replenished by nature 24 hours a day" through
the north equatorial current tidal flow which carries deuterium all the way
from Central America.

Deuterium, a form of concentrated hydrogen, is used in the production of
natural gas now utilized in Canada, America, Germany and Sweden, to provide
fuel for cars, trucks and jet planes, said Pacis and Borja, who is running
for a Precinct 2 seat in the House of Representatives.

"Deuterium can replace gasoline, (liquefied petroleum gas), (liquefied
natural gas), Avgas, etc. in powering all types of internal combustion
engines. It does not emit pollutants or any harmful carbon monoxide and does
not cause any environmental problems because it is in the water family," they
said.

They added, "Deuterium as hydrogen fuel can also be used for cooking,
lighting, and heating, and as heavy water fuel for reactors in electric power
generation. (Aside from the CNMI), only the Philippines can supply all the
requirements in deuterium as hydrogen fuel and as hydrogen for food, chemical and metal industries worldwide for the next two centuries."

Borja and Pacis are urging the governments of the CNMI and the Philippines to
promote the deuterium deposit to investors.

Borja and Pacis reported that prospective investors from the U.S., Japan and
Saudi Arabia had expressed interest in the project.

"The rule of thumb investment estimates is about $200 million for every 1
million barrels daily production capacity — a very much lower
investment-capacity ratio than petroleum production," they said. "At 12
million barrels per day capacity, the estimated total investment is $2.4
billion."

October 30, 2003

Sounds good to be true...

Though AFAIK deuterium can only be harnessed in nuclear power plants. Not sure if it can subsitute oil / hydrogen that easily.

[mazdamazda]

Another article

RP has most abundant energy source?

by Cherry Piquero-Ballescas
August 19, 2004

In our last column, we emphasized the urgent need to explore and develop alternative energy sources for our country.

It was therefore wonderful to receive timely information about a very abundant yet untapped energy source within our waters from our friend Anthony B. Halog (PhD, MBA) who works at the Sustainable Technology Office of the Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Allow us to share important portions of the special report sent by Dr. Halogl as follows:

Hydrogen from Water was predicted by Jules Verne in 1874 to be the fuel of the future. During World War II, Germany used V-2 Rocket Bombs propelled by hydriogen. Now, Dr. Jacob Bigeleisen discovered that at room temperature or under atmospheric condition, Deuterium atoms are electrolyzed naturally out of water in the form of hydrogen gas. This natural phenomenal process needs no expensive electric power consuming electrolysis to artificially separate HYDROGEN from oxygen in water.

What is DEUTERIUM? Deuterium is heavy water or hydrogen water without oxygen. This is obtained from the deep trenches of the world and the world’s largest deposit of deuterium is in the Philippines - A big deposit of 868 miles long, 52 miles at widest point, and 3 miles at deepest point, replenished by nature 24 hours a day after deuterium travels more than 12,000 kilometers from Central America to the Philippines through the span of the Pacific Ocean when Planet Earth turns on its axis from West to East in unending perpetual motion.

Deuterium is used in the production of (hydrogen) Li-Hy Fuel now used in Canada, America, Germany and some parts of Sweden to provide fuel for cars, trucks, jet planes, etc. including solid Hydrogen for spacecraft Challenger and Columbia. Deuterium can replace gasoline, LPG, LNG, Avgas, etc. in powering all types of internal combustion engines. It does not emit pollutants or any harmful carbon monoxide and does not cause any environmental problems because it is in the water family as emissions are nothing but water vapor or steam. Deuterium as Hydrogen Fuel can be used for cooking, lighting, heating, and as Heavy Water fuel for Reactors in electric power generation.
Why does Deuterium electrolyze out of water in the form of Hydrogen Gas? It electrolyzes out of water in the form of Hydrogen gas because Deuterium is concentrated hydrogen with element symbol, H2 (Hydrogen mass of 2 as distinguished from H2O in Water) subjected to the pressure of water mass at the ocean floor of about 10,000 psi or more because Deuterium obtained from depths of more than 7,000 meters below sea level and at more than 10,000 psi pressure causes the oxygen in water to disengage, separate and escape naturally from hydrogen leaving only Hydrogen isotopes to combine with other Hydrogen isotopes in forming Deuterium under pressure. And Deuterium under pressure, when exposed to room temperature or atmospheric condition, forms or electrolyzes naturally into Hydrogen Gas, in the same manner that LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) in liquid state transform into gas after fusion process with air in the atmosphere the moment LPG or LNG tank valves are turned on or opened. By taking out impurities from Deuterium, Li-Hy Fuel is produced by special simple process at very, very low cost known to this proponent and his associates. Cheap hydrogen will reactivate all idled hydrogen-based industries internationally affected by high petroleum costs, and this will boost food, chemical, and metal industries worldwide.

The Philippines can supply all the requirements of the whole world in Deuterium as hydrogen fuel and as hydrogen for food, chemical, and metal industries worldwide.

At 12 million barrels per day capacity priced at US$7.00 per barrel, this is US$84 million per day or US$30.66 billion per year, enough to wipe out all existing foreign debts of the Government in one year, revenue-wise in Foreign Exchange.
Public works, private construction, economic and financial booms are expected to happen in the Philippines in the same manner as those which happened in the Middle East and financial centers of the world from 1974 to 1984, with everybody earning their respective comfortable livelihood, while pricing basic prime necessities at reasonable and affordable levels.

If indeed this is true, this special report claims that this untapped source of energy supply will make the Philippines one of the richest countries of the world.

[istan]

Yeah, and our politicians will be the world's richest. Great!

[Psylocke]

We should look for dilithium instead, I heard it powers the USS enterprise...

[ghosthunter]

We should look for dilithium instead, I heard it powers the USS enterprise...

...without warp engines, its just another crystal.

[j_avonni]

I heard that it's abundant in Mindanao and that Mindanao has GOD. G for Gold, O for Oil, and D for Deuterium.

[Blackraven]

Great, as people/oil & energy companies look for oil in Palawan and have not yet retrieved any of it, this one comes up.

Although I'm surprised and amazed that we Deuterium sitting in our backyard, I'll only believe it once we start tapping/extracting the material.

[nugundam93]

at least mobile suits in gundam use deuterium. :lol:

ay teka, so japan pala will be able to make use of it. haha!

[oldblue]

in the future, The Philippines will replace America as the world's most powerful nation.

[Camgen6]

The future looks bright

[ghosthunter]

FYI, deuterium by itself is not a source of energy. It is a form of water that is slightly denser and more commonly called "heavy water". It is used to control/moderate the nuclear reaction in a nuclear power plant. It's relatively rare and tends to settle in the deeper parts of the ocean. Since we have the 2nd deepest ocean depth, it is an assumption that there are some amounts of deuterium there.

So unless we power up that mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, deuterium is useless to us directly. The only thing we can do with it is sell it (if we can retrieve enough of it).

But that is not the only way to get heavy water...

[GasJunkie]

Dang!!! I can use my flux capacitor again.

[ghosthunter]

Time to dust off my Mr Fusion. :D

[GasJunkie]

I'd hit it.



Ot carp forum is super slow.

[mazdamazda]

deuterium is made up of hydrogen (plus a neutron)...

what if deuterium is easier to break down than ordinary water to produce hydrogen?

[GasJunkie]

Hindenburg II

[ghosthunter]

deuterium is made up of hydrogen (plus a neutron)...

what if deuterium is easier to break down than ordinary water to produce hydrogen?

Even if you can breakdown heavy water easier than ordinary water to produce hydrogen, the cost of heavywater will still make it prohibitive as a source of hydrogen.

[j_avonni]

in the future, The Philippines will replace America as the world's most powerful nation.

Excerpt from the column of Jose Ma. Montelibano (Glimpses of INQ7)

A large chunk of the remaining natural resources of the Philippines is in the Mindanao-Palawan area. These resources, including deuterium, can be the material platform of renewed Philippine development. However, they can also be the cause of more conflict and the ultimate reason for the partitioning of the Philippines.

[oldblue]

Excerpt from the column of Jose Ma. Montelibano (Glimpses of INQ7)

A large chunk of the remaining natural resources of the Philippines is in the Mindanao-Palawan area. These resources, including deuterium, can be the material platform of renewed Philippine development. However, they can also be the cause of more conflict and the ultimate reason for the partitioning of the Philippines.

i think the latter will be our future. kung totoo man ito mga rich natural resources natin, time to go for 51st state of America. kung hindi prepare to become another lebanon or iraq or somalia. sa panahon ngaun, kung sino yun mga rich in natural resources yun ang nagkakagulo or "pinagkakagulo". we cant beat the "powers that be" by simply having rich resources around us.

[oldblue]

It's relatively rare and tends to settle in the deeper parts of the ocean. Since we have the 2nd deepest ocean depth, it is an assumption that there are some amounts of deuterium there.

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shucks! dito pa sa'tin 2nd deepest. I heard the deepest trench is found in the Atlantic. will this also mean more and higher water inland, in case of tsunami? bad trip talaga to Pilipinas