Hydrocarbons!!
Energy was a topic of the state of the union adress, and I have heard alot of buzz about it lately. Less talk about Hydrogen Fuel Cells, a R&D wastland, and more about Ethanol, windfarming, solar cells and batteries.
From what I understand, Ethanol production processes are still below the 1:1 ratio, meaning it is still an energy "carrier"
Unfortunatly no-one has been talking about Thermal Depolymerization, which I think is the most exiting energy tech on the market. In a nutshell, waste goes in, is heated and subjected to high pressure, and turns into lite crude oil, minerals, and sterilized water.
Wiki on Thermal Depolymerization
The flagship plant was around Phillidelphia, we have one here in Carthage, MO. I read it was barely returning a profit, due to
-having to pay for the turkey waste, which it did not expect.
-not benifiting from tax cuts geared to the biodeisel industry on a technicality
-having to install a exhaust scrubber due to odor complaints from the town (may have been bogus complaints.)
I read about a Japanese scientist recently who had 'invented' this same process. Hopefully the japanese jump on this, but I was curious if this tech has been in various stages for the past 25 years, why has a japanese man just recently stumbled onto a parallel discovery?
ADM, the Exxon of corn?
Archer Daniels Midland's corn proccessing division's profits jumped 74% last year. By the way, they make HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and Ethanol. I had heard that Cheney has financial interest in the Ethanol industry, but in any case ADM was a huge campaign contributer to the Bush Cheney administration. Corn syrup may be a major contributor to obesity in america. The government subsidises corn syrup and ethanol, otherwise neither one would be a viable product.
People always point at cars when they talk about petrolium, but agriculture is another huge abuser of the resource.
From what I understand, Ethanol production processes are still below the 1:1 ratio, meaning it is still an energy "carrier"
Unfortunatly no-one has been talking about Thermal Depolymerization, which I think is the most exiting energy tech on the market. In a nutshell, waste goes in, is heated and subjected to high pressure, and turns into lite crude oil, minerals, and sterilized water.
Wiki on Thermal Depolymerization
"If a 175-pound man fell into one end, he would come out the other end as 38 pounds of oil, 7 pounds of gas, and 7 pounds of minerals, as well as 123 pounds of sterilized water..."
The flagship plant was around Phillidelphia, we have one here in Carthage, MO. I read it was barely returning a profit, due to
-having to pay for the turkey waste, which it did not expect.
-not benifiting from tax cuts geared to the biodeisel industry on a technicality
-having to install a exhaust scrubber due to odor complaints from the town (may have been bogus complaints.)
I read about a Japanese scientist recently who had 'invented' this same process. Hopefully the japanese jump on this, but I was curious if this tech has been in various stages for the past 25 years, why has a japanese man just recently stumbled onto a parallel discovery?
ADM, the Exxon of corn?
Archer Daniels Midland's corn proccessing division's profits jumped 74% last year. By the way, they make HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and Ethanol. I had heard that Cheney has financial interest in the Ethanol industry, but in any case ADM was a huge campaign contributer to the Bush Cheney administration. Corn syrup may be a major contributor to obesity in america. The government subsidises corn syrup and ethanol, otherwise neither one would be a viable product.
People always point at cars when they talk about petrolium, but agriculture is another huge abuser of the resource.
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