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From Turkey Guts to Fuel Oil

Posted by michael on from the every-part-except-the-gobble dept.

Untimely Ripp'd writes "The latest issue of Discover Magazine reports that any day now a plant will go online in Carthage, Missouri that processes turkey guts into high grade oil, natural gas, some minerals, and water. Unfortunately, the Discover article isn't online yet, but here's a newspaper article. The system, developed by Changing World Technologies uses thermal depolymerization and apparently works on almost any and every kind of organic waste. They assert that applying it to 100% of the US' agricultural waste would produce about 4 billion barrels of oil per year -- about the amount we currently import. It sounds too good to be true, it sounds like one of those fly-by-night-in-the-face-of-the-second-law deals, but it isn't happening in somebody's basement -- it's happening in a multi-million dollar facility developed with Con-Agra."

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  1. April First... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...Post :)

  2. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does this mean that I'll have to recycle my turkey after thanksgiving?

  3. This is NOT the First Post by TheViffer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you.

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  4. First Post! by mthed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    April Fools ;)

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  5. Just like the slug-killing robot by fobbman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This story reminded me of the slug-killing robot that runs off of decomposing slug corpses. Gross, yet cool.

  6. Re:Ashes to ... um ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone knows it's a Chrysler XTerra.

    Idiot.

  7. USA violates Human rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    U.S. ground forces in Iraq are using cluster munitions with a very high failure rate, creating immediate and long-term dangers for civilians and friendly soldiers, Human Rights Watch reported today.

    [ironic]
    650 liberated civillians!!! just 22,500,000 to go!! Go, go, USA!!!!
    [/ironic]

    War is Over, if you want it.