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Home Biomass Power Generators
TLouden writes "The Rocky Mountain News had an article today about Community Power Corp. and its new BioMax unit which uses renewable resources such as corncobs, sawdust pellets, and coconut shells to produce electricity. This gasifier unit isn't commercially available yet but we might be seeing it sometime in 2004."
Coconut shells? Darn. Too bad that in North America we don't have enough African Swallows to supply them.
Yes, I think it might be...
Mr Fusion!!!
Corncobs eh? Will there be a kernel patch to support this type of power?
I already have a home biomass generator. Oh, you mean a home biomass power generator....
Burn AOL CDs or will we have to wait for the upgraded toxic waste burning model?
Great for disposing of bodies, too.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Then this machine is perfect for you. It can use that bio-mass to create electrical power, unlocking your true potential!
Is hemp woody enough? It grows like a... well... a weed, one might say.
CosmoFurthur
"In short, natural sources of energy aren't enough. We will have to start getting creative soon."
Junk Mail.
... but they've had these on Gilligan's Island for years!
"She's a West Texas girl, just like me" - G.W Bush Iraqis
Roads? where we're going we don't need ...roads.
filter: +3. Hey, look! all the trolls went away!
Hang on, yes shit, I suppose, it's biomass.
"New Scientist magazine reported that in the future, cars could be powered by hazelnuts. That's encouraging, considering an eight-ounce jar of hazelnuts costs about nine dollars. Yeah, I've got an idea for a car that runs on bald eagle heads and Faberge eggs."
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
But can it generate the 1.21 Gigawatts necessary to enable time travel?
what's the point of touting a new excuse to chop down trees?
how about biomass consumption of hemp? or grass / lawn clippings? leaves? or seaweed? or cornstalks, or wheatstalks? (NOT COBBS, which need to come off your damn dinner plate, and find their way BACK to the biomass center)
you know, the whole OCEAN lives on SEAWEED!
to be helpful, this biomass thing would have to consume a waste product which couldn't be used in any better way.
so. does the gassifier FART after wasting 60 lbs of tree?
"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." -Jesus Christ The Lord's Prayer
Can this generate enough electricity to power harvesting of the plants? Or will we need to end up burning tons of diesel to furtilize and harvest the biomass used to generate power.... *snort*
Compare the machine to your average bovine gas generator. The bovine version:
... uhm, never mind.
- requires no input of inergy for hot composting
- can accept a wider range of biomass
- has a multistage biomass conversion mechanism
(i.e. multiple stomachs)
- requires no biomass harvesting and preprocessing
- produces firtilizer
- produces milk (with proper prep & handling)
- is self repairing
- is self propagating
All we need now is a way to harness bovine gas production! I can see it now! So we back the cattle into their stalls and shove the
English -- gotta love it! / The engineers refuse to refuse the rocket until the refuse is removed from the launch pad.
So when you aren't regular, your electricty goes out?
Sounds like a good slogan:
Prunes. Keeping the lights on.
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