In article <F23uVWAAClVHFwc6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Oz <Oz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Paul Ciszek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
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>>In article <A5pf2JA9A6UHFwk1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>Oz <Oz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>Paul Ciszek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>>
>>>>Thermal depolymerization and thermochemical conversion are faster and
>>>>more total, and more likely to be profitable in first world countries.
>>>
>>>Improbable as a feedstock given the very variable and impure nature of
>>>manures. Almost anything else would be better.
>>
>>"Impure"? Thermal depolymerization works on wood chips, turkey guys,
>>old tires, AND manure. The trouble is, they made a big commitment to
>>the turkey-guts based operation, since their supplier wanted to get rid
>>of them, but after a while there were competing demands for turkey guts
>>and they had to start bidding against others.
>
>Doesn't sound very economic to me. More of a disposal.
Um, that was exactly the point. To make oil out of biomass that other
people were trying to dispose of--i.e., stuff you could get for free,
rather than having to grow a crop explicity for the purpose of turning
it into fuel. In Brazil, they make ethanol from the leftovers of the
sugar industry.
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