Lead into gold
bOING bOING linked this morning to an article on Discover.com about a fellow who has developed what seems like a solid way of turning just about any carbon-based waste into useable products like light oil, sterilized water and minerals suitable for fertilizing or other uses. The system purportedly works without the huge energy waste that's involved past processes, and the inventor actually has working systems to prove it, as well as investments from organizations like ConAgra and the federal government.
He said that it scales from a full-sized factory all the way down to something small enough to fit on a truck. If the system works even half as well as he claims, it could have long-term global ramifications for the conversion of waste material -- everything from milk bottles and refrigerators to turkey offal and poop -- to fuel oil and potable water. Pretty exciting stuff, almost too "Back to the Future" to be believed.
Comments
Is making war to Iraqi people an american democracy? Is Mr. out of his mind? Shame on you war makers
Posted by: Fran | April 17, 2003 06:42 PM
Show me specifically where Peter Cohen personally declared war on Iraq. Otherwise, shut the living fuck up.
Posted by: Corey | April 17, 2003 07:19 PM
I hereby declare war on fucktards. Jihad, even.
Posted by: Flargh | April 17, 2003 10:14 PM
Has a comment been deleted? The 3 comments above mine make no sense otherwise (to me, anyway)
Posted by: Suz | April 18, 2003 08:52 AM
It makes more sense if you see some of the other stuff that's been posted since I mentioned the Iraqi info minister about two weeks ago. Reactionary twits like "Fran" feel the need to post comments in forums wholly unrelated to the topic at hand.
Posted by: Flargh | April 18, 2003 09:06 AM
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Posted by: tokey | April 18, 2003 03:55 PM
Aah, well if it's about reactionary twits, all bets are off then. I'll just let my eyes glaze over a bit.
Posted by: Suz | April 19, 2003 10:31 AM