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THE MICROWAVE MAGICIAN
Popular Science ^
| 12/2007
| RENA MARIE PACELLA
Posted on 12/11/2007 9:06:07 AM PST by #1CTYankee
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Interesting, a ratio of 16 or 17 to 1 is far more than I would expect.
Of course I am somewhat doubtful.
To: #1CTYankee
You can send your contribu... I mean investment checks directly to the inventor, to cut out the middleman.
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:08:29 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: #1CTYankee
Another ‘100 mpg’ carburetor?
To: #1CTYankee
“Im not sure if Im watching a magic trick, or an invention that will make the cigar-chomping 64-year-old next to me the richest man on the planet. Everything that goes into Frank Pringles recycling machinea piece of tire, a rock, a plastic cupturns to oil and natural gas seconds later. Ive been told the oil companies might try to assassinate me, Pringle says without sarcasm.”
My 65 year old Dad can squeeze out a lot of natural gas, too.
To: #1CTYankee
Ummmm..hasnt perpetual motion been looked into?
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:09:14 AM PST
by
DeusExMachina05
(I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
To: #1CTYankee
the first commercial version will turn 10 tons of auto wastetires, plastic, vinylinto enough natural gas to produce 17 million BTUs of energy (it will use 956,000 of those BTUs to keep itself running).
Blimey! Perpetual Motion has been discovered again.
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:09:18 AM PST
by
festus
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: #1CTYankee
There's always
at least one in every generation . . . .
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:09:26 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: #1CTYankee; RockinRight; shbox; absolootezer0
Same here. The quote about the ol companies asassinating him is a scam artist give-away, just like the 100 mpg carbs they have bought up and hidden all these years....
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:09:52 AM PST
by
nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
To: #1CTYankee; wastedyears
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:09:58 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(One Marine vs. 550 consultants. Sounds like good odds to me.)
To: festus
Only if 10 tons of auto waste doesn’t contain more than 17 million BTUs of energy. It seems it could, but I don’t know.
To: #1CTYankee
I was interested in this EXCEPT for the stupid comment about the oil companies “wanting to assassinate me,” he said “without sarcasm.”
I’m sick and tired of this quasimarxist mythos about the big evil company of the moment wanting to squash invention and keep people oppressed. In fact, the oil companies would love this microwave gadget, assuming that it works, since people will still have to purchase fuel somehow and the oil companies already have the gas stations, refineries, pipelines, and fuel trucks ready to supply and transport the fuel.
Exxon and Mobil are going to kill the guy. What a load of crap. That statement right there makes me think this guy is a nutcase, not a legitimate inventor. (I hope I’m wrong, though.)
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:14:11 AM PST
by
redpoll
To: #1CTYankee
Everything that goes into Frank Pringles recycling machinea piece of tire, a rock, a plastic cupturns to oil and natural gas seconds later A tire or a plastic cup I could believe. They are both made of a lot of complex carbon compounds and I could see them breaking down into various alkanes. The rock is where he jumped the perpetual energy shark.
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:14:13 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Government is the hired help - not the boss. When politicians forget that they must be fired.)
To: #1CTYankee
a rock
Lost me there unless someone explains to be how rocks contain hydro carbons.
I hope he is right, but I am not willing to invest my money yet.....................
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:14:15 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
( Seeking the truth here folks.)
To: PeterPrinciple
I opened the article and it looks like I was wrong too. The rocks he is talking about are coal and oil shale. Those aren't just any rocks.
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:16:21 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Government is the hired help - not the boss. When politicians forget that they must be fired.)
To: KarlInOhio
Hey, whatever happened to Changing Worlds Technology, and their “trash into oil” thermal depolymerisation process?
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:18:28 AM PST
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(Conservatives - Freedom WITH responsibility; Libertarians - Freedom FROM responsibility)
To: #1CTYankee
--another reason I don't read Popular Science except at the dentist's office--last time it was about making your microwave into a laser that could shoot down an airliner--
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:19:05 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: AnAmericanMother
![](http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/perp/perp02.gif)
For the record, even though the left side would appear to have the leverage advantage, note that there are 6 balls positioned left of center, and 8 on the right side (one centered at top) which offsets the leverage advantage.
In addition, the two balls at upper left would actually still be lying tight against the wheel, not spread out as show, further reducing the perceived advantage.
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:20:46 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
To: #1CTYankee
Plans are available for $29.99. I will even send you TWO copies of the plans for the same low price!
Thats a $60.00 value for $29.99!
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posted on
12/11/2007 9:21:36 AM PST
by
Syntyr
(Freepers - In the top %5 of informed Americans!)
To: Slapshot68
My 65 year old Dad can squeeze out a lot of natural gas, too. But can he do it to the tune of "Oklahoma"?
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