OTEC offers a new and exciting route for energy independence for the US. A constellation of OTEC plants in equatorial ocean waters can replace the Middle East as the world's source of transportation fuel. Anhydrous ammonia is the preferred replacement fuel for petroleum since it can be domestically produced, does not pollute, and eliminates CO2 emissions on a massive scale from transportation.
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