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AgroWaste Oil Plant Starts Production

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the texas-gold-from-cleveland-steamers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo, and others has a story about the first Waste-to-Oil plant going online, and selling the oil commercially. Using TCP (Thermal Conversion Process), the plant is producing 100-200 barrels of No. 4 oil a day, and has the capacity to produce up to 500 barrels per day. With the amount of agricultural waste in the U.S., and many more of these plants, we could possibly reduce our need for foreign oil."

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  1. New RFC? by John+Hurliman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will a new RFC be coming out, for Oil over TCP?

    1. Re:New RFC? by kinnell · · Score: 3, Funny
      20,799 more of these plants all running at full capacity and we could satisfy our dependency on foreign oil

      But instead, you'd be dependant on foreign turkey supplies.

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    2. Re:New RFC? by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Funny

      > be more energy conscious and don't waste it, use *exactly* what you need

      Hold on a sec, all these servers are putting out a lot of heat I have to turn up the AC in here. Ok, better, now what were you saying?

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  2. Turkey for oil by Jonboy+X · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bah. Call me back when you're ready to offer me an SUV that gets 20 miles to the giblet.

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