Finally - a breakthrough for oil?

heise.de ^ | December 6, 2004 | Craig Morris

[kevkrom]

An update for those interested in the TCP process and the Cathage, MO test plant. Most of the interview is forward-looking, and focused on Europe, since it is for a German publication.

[orionblamblam]

I just wish they were taking investments. I'd like to be able to retire in five years...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I've always thought the giant pork plants in MN, IA, etc were overlooking the obvious.

[Lee'sGhost]

Hhmmmmmm. Four posts and no "junk science" posters.

Must be some kind of record.

[blackeagle]

this is great, especially since my teacher today made us watch an extremely leftist video about fosil fuels..

[kevkrom]

If I had a huge pile of venture cash, I'd try to create a company that invested in these types of technology and funded the construction of plants. Essentially, the mission statement would be something like: To use technology to improve the quality of life of the community, while making a fair and reasonable profit in the process.

The two most promising technologies I'm following right now are CWT's TCP process, and SkyWeb Express rapid personal transport.

[orionblamblam]

> and funded the construction of plants

Well, there's one other thing to fund: security. Imgaine how annoyed *certain* oil producing nations would be if it became clear we would nto need to give them money anymore...

> while making a fair and reasonable profit

Aw, ta hell with that... make BUCKETS of money! The thing with TCP is that it needs funding to the tune of probably trillions of dollars to get where it needs to go (eliminating oil drilling across the planet), and trillions are hard to come by.

[kevkrom]

Aw, ta hell with that... make BUCKETS of money! The thing with TCP is that it needs funding to the tune of probably trillions of dollars to get where it needs to go (eliminating oil drilling across the planet), and trillions are hard to come by.

Well, "profit" is a somewhat nebulous term. :)

Most of the profits (anything over a good rate of return on the initial investment) would go to fund additional research and construction.

[r9etb]

Probably the most abundant and attractive source for biomass is human sewage.

If this technology is for real, I can see cities building refineries on-site at their sewage treatment plants, and then using it to run, well.... whatever diesel engines it works best for.

Of course, there's still solid waste to get rid of, but I think there's probably a lot less of it.

[Mamzelle]

re:If we can do that, will have better quality of life, cleaner air, and our way of life will be more sustainable)))

Here's to hoping! Think of it--the Muslims would have to go back to eating sand and killing each other.

[kevkrom]

I beleive everything gets rendered to oil/gas, water, carbon, and minerals (basically, any non-hydrocarbons in the feedstock). As long as you can separate and collect the minerals, you should be able to return them straight to agricultural or industrial use, rather than having them as waste.

[nickcarraway]

An update for those interested in the TCP process and the Carthage, MO test plant.

[caisson71]

It looks like this technology would go well in DC, using the vast amounts of political "awful" coming out of the Halls of Congress.

[dirtboy]

In 2003, Changing World Technologies made headlines in the United States and abroad with the announcement that it would be able to make oil out of just about anything. The company had been running a plant that processed seven tonnes of turkey offal per day into oil at a cost of around $15 per barrel.

I can see the slogan now - "Put a turkey in your tank!"

[NonLinear]

Ping for followup

[hgro]

This is a steaming pile of liverworst.

[Pete'sWife]

The Sierra Club and other environmental wacko organizations will come out against this.

[Bikers4Bush]

Count me on that list too.

[Red Badger]

turkey offal?

poo!