CWT Garbage into Oil plant still drawing Global Attention.

[suziedemocrat]

http://www.carthagepress.com/articles/2006/10/24/news/01%20res.txt

An Australian magazine titled “Cosmos,” the science of everything, produced an intriguing article — “From Guts to Glory, Turning Waste Into Oil.”

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Gabriel Miller, a New York University chemistry professor and consultant, heaped the most praise on the technology and its results. “The fuel that comes out is better than crude, and you don't need a refinery to use it,” Miller said. “I think they can bring it deep into commercialization.”

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“There is no reason why we can't turn sewage, including human excrement, into glorious oil,” he said.

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Terry Adams, chief technology officer for Changing World Technologies — RES' parent company, said the whole process is efficient. He said only 15 percent of the potential energy in the feedstock is used to power the operation; 85 percent of the energy is in the output of oil and its byproducts.

Worth checking out the link: http://www.carthagepress.com/articles/2006/10/24/news/01%20res.txt

(It appears RES articles mentioned by Carthage Press are not yet posted on their sites below)
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com
http://www.motortrend.com/

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Decidedly non-vegan gasoline ... should get interesting. nt

[suziedemocrat]

2. They use waste from turkey plants.

They don't raise animals just to turn them into oil. (Someone was confused about that on another thread about this a few months back.) And this keeps the "waste" from being turned into feed and given to other animals, sometimes of the same species and making them cannibals - which is horrible, but it is routinely done today and it is why they have to pay for the turkey "waste". This practice has been out-lawed in the EU because of Mad Cow Disease, which is why these plants would be more profitable in Europe - no need to pay for waste since in Europe it can't be used as feed.

Thanks for the Vote!!!

[XemaSab]

4. Turkey farming is really nasty

Trust me. You don't want to eat turkeys.

[suziedemocrat]

5. I'm actually a vegetarian. But I'm fascinated by this process.

I wish my town would convert their sewage plant into one of these plants to create oil. I hope this ends up being everything they promise!

[XemaSab]

6. I like sewage ponds as wetland habitat myself

:D

[suziedemocrat]

3. shameless kick.