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Anything Into Oil

Steve

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Anything Into Oil
Turkey guts, junked car parts, and even raw sewage go in one end of this plant, and black gold comes out the other end.
by Brad Lemley, Photography by Dean Kaufman

The thermal conversion process is probably the only practical large-scale method of dismantling prions, the proteins that cause mad cow disease. Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions, Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he's confident that the proteins would be ripped apart and rendered harmless by such extreme temperatures and pressures.

Mad cow disease is thought to spread via the once common practice of feeding rendered animal parts back to animals. Appel assumed that the United States, like most modern nations, would ban the practice, creating more demand for his machinery to process leftover animal parts.

...Last May representatives of USCAR—a research consortium made up of DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and General Motors—along with the Argonne National Laboratory and the American Plastics Council arranged a test in which Changing World Technologies ran 3,000 pounds of the awful stuff through its Philadelphia pilot plant.

"The process is brilliant," says Candace Wheeler, a GM research scientist. "There are substances of concern in shredder residue such as PCBs, and traditional incineration of chlorinated plastics can make dioxins." But, she says, the preliminary test results indicate that the hydrolysis at the heart of the thermal conversion process breaks down the PCBs and converts the chlorine into hydrochloric acid. "No PCBs. No dioxins. No emissions," says Wheeler, noting that the principal output of the process was a "light oil" that could be used at an electric power generation plant. "It looks good from all perspectives," she says. "We think it has great potential."

OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN INGENUITY
America’s long-held economic stability has been eroded by a shift from skilled, dependable industrial employment aimed at solving the country’s problems (transportation, construction, energy, national defense and clean water) to low-paying service jobs and volatile real estate and stock speculation. This is a direct threat to the livelihood of American workers and achieving the American Dream. As industry continues to outsource its technological workforce overseas, the U.S. economy is struggling to replace these employment losses with better opportunities through new technologies. CWT and its stated mission of solving the world’s economic and environmental issues offers the American workforce a fresh growth opportunity, ready to generate numerous industrial jobs, bolster the tax base, and spur new research and development for young minds.

The United States is in a struggle to retain world leadership in the fields of science and technology. It is vital to national well-being that government and industry commit to home grown talent, and encourage new streams of research and development. The TCP breakthrough has already stimulated academic research into related sustainable energy technologies at major colleges and universities in the U.S, an encouraging sign for Corporate America to continually reinvest in new ideas and innovative technology. It is also expected that Corporate America will reinvest in domestic workers by retraining them for new jobs. Most of these workers are already highly educated and possess a bachelor's and master's degree. Retraining to their current level in another field is an option that should be explored to tap into another one of America’s vital resources – its people.

the dang thing turns our nasty crap into oil... at about $80 a barrel, creates American jobs,, it sounds to good to be true...

just something to think about...

http://discovermagazine.com/2006/apr/anything-oil/
http://www.changingworldtech.com/why/index.asp
 

PPRM

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I've noticed the rise in energy costs have actually semed to be good for our economy....New Industry with good pauing jobs,

PPRM
 

Steve

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PPRM
I've noticed the rise in energy costs have actually semed to be good for our economy....New Industry with good paying jobs,

I hope this guys plan works out.. we need to get rid of trash,.. and get Fuel.. even if it goes into a power plant, ... it's fuel ..
and good paying American jobs....!


I've also seen a market open for export that wasn't there 6 months ago also... and been to Port Elizabeth and Port Baltimore quite a few times this year shipping old boats, cars and equipmant...
 

Tex

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Steve:
I've also seen a market open for export that wasn't there 6 months ago also... and been to Port Elizabeth and Port Baltimore quite a few times this year shipping old boats, cars and equipmant...

That weak dollar isn't all bad, is it?
 

jodywy

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The Problem with Out-Sourcing Jobs

I felt a bit depressed last night, so I called a Hotline. Someone in Pakistan answered and I told them I felt a bit suicidal. They got all excited and asked if I could fly a plane. :D
 

Steve

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if you go looking for bad news you'll find it... but along the way you'd have to ignore some good news...

articles such as this keep surfacing..

INNOVATORS

“I’ve been told the oil companies might try to assassinate me,”...

Everything that goes into Frank Pringle’s recycling machine—a piece of tire, a rock, a plastic cup—turns to oil and natural gas seconds later.

Their first order is under construction in Rockford, Illinois. It’s a $5.1-million microwave machine the size of small bus called the Hawk, bound for an auto-recycler in Long Island

Back at the shop, Pringle is still zapping new materials. A sample labeled “bituminous coal” goes in and, 15 seconds later, Pringle ignites the resulting gas. “You see,” he says, “why they might want to kill me.”
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/innovator_2.html

American innovation. a great investment opportunity.
 

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