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Transforming Waste Plastic Into $10/Barrel Fuel
Mike writes "Today Washington DC-based company Envion opened a $5 million dollar facility that they claim will be able to efficiently transform plastic waste into a source of oil-like fuel. The technology uses infra-red energy to remove hydrocarbons from plastic without the use of a catalyst, transforming 82% of the original plastic material into fuel. According to Envion, the resulting fuel can then be blended with other components, providing a source for gasoline or diesel at as low as $10 per barrel."
The price of fuel may plummet but the price of philly cheese steak toppings goes through the roof.
...and then run the hot liquid through your radiators.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but the name of the company scares me for some reason.
Table-ized A.I.
So that's how they snuck in that patent on fire.
Table-ized A.I.
Envion or Enron?
Yes, nothing new can ever be (or have the potential for becoming) cost effective, because if it was, it would already be done by everyone, everywhere, already. Everything that can be done, is already being done. Semptember 16, 2009, is the official end date of human progress.
And anchovies. Don't forget anchovies are the secret behind Mom's Old-Fashion Robot Oil, and they willon goion extinct around 2200.
http://theinfosphere.org/A_Fishful_of_Dollars
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Or back into dinosaurs?
And in other news, a new law was finally passed making it legal to beat fraudsters to death with copies of their SEC filings.
RTFA:
This company has already built a facility, and has already landed a contract for the fuel. They are using a well known technology, just with a slightly different take (IR instead of chemical catalysts).
This doesn't exactly look like vaporware to me.
So the hydrocarbons come off as a liquid?
*rimshot*
Thanks all, I'll be here all week! Remember to tip your waitress!
And dolphins.
But they're intelligent!
Except for the ones that spend all their money on instant lottery tickets. They're stupid, so it's ok to eat them...
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/16/1440244
The US is invading the pacific garbage patch...it's occupants deserve freedom.
The fact that the only scientist who seemed to claim dolphins were more intelligent was doing studies with them involving LSD seems to discredit the idea...
[Scientist drops a few tabs]
Dolphin: [dolphin sounds]
Scientist: Like, wow, man. That's profound. You dolphins are really groovy...and intelligent!
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Well, it didn't say that.
Some people are intelligent enough to figure these things out by themselves.
Well, I guess I'm a dumbass, then.
Ruby Neural Evolution of Augmenting Topologies
you mean our plastic recycling bins?
Not to mention the name sounds a lot like Enron.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
My middle-class parents fought bravely in the Great Class War. They were on the front lines at the Battle of Yuppie Hill, charging forth with their cards and using their meager wages to fight against the upper class. Skilled for battle by community and state colleges, their assault landed them deep into enemy territory. Luckily, they managed to carve out refuge and propagate, bringing new soldiers into the onslaught. Alas, it was too late, as the Upper Class bought out the Lower Class and together they forced my family and friends into a life of video games, malls, nights at the pub, and an affordable sedan.
Life's harsh, but we manage to make it through the night.
There is a lot of DC that I've never seen, but I was wondering where they found those vacant lots with trees where they were able to set up a couple tractor trailer loads of tanks and catwalks. I'll check the yellow pages for propane/LNG wholesalers....
I'm sure it must get a mention in the latest Dan Brown book as some kind of conspiracy involving the Freemasons trying to undermine the Oil Cartels.
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.
Hey, get an extinguisher, your patent is on fire!
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