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Anything that grows 'can convert into oil'
WorldNetDaily ^
| March 19,2008
| Joe Kovacs
Posted on 05/06/2008 8:04:44 AM PDT by Republic Can
After three years of clandestine development, a Georgia company is now going public with a simple, natural way to convert anything that grows out of the Earth into oil.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biomass; energy; gasoline; oil; scam
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This is one of those things that come up and get buried. Like the $1.00/watt photovoltaic cells developed by Stanford in the late 70's. This gem, however, might actually survive because we are desperate, and the infrastructure is already in place.
To: Republic Can
It will remain buried until the gubbmit figures out how to tax the hell out of it.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:06:56 AM PDT
by
mgc1122
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To: Republic Can
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:09:53 AM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
("That government is best which governs least" & Zachary Taylor s/h finished the job.)
To: Republic Can
Why would it get buried? All the guy has to do is start producing oil and selling it. When these things dont happen its usually because the original claim was bogus.
To: Republic Can
Send public funding. Cash infusion needed immediately.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:10:27 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(It's still unclear what impact global warming will have on vertical wind shear)
To: wordsofearnest
that was my first thought also
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:13:46 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
( Detroit: we're so bad, even our mayor is a criminal)
To: Republic Can
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:14:47 AM PDT
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: Republic Can
I doubt seriously it can work on the scale he’s imagining. The biomass conversion efficiency may not be as good as he thinks on a large scale, and this will also have unintended consequences. For one I can see the biomass not being plowed back into the soil for decomposition, increasing fertilizer usage.
WTF on the Stanford solar cell? Sounds like all the 100 mpg carburators urban legends. I’ve seen a lot of photovoltaic claims since graduating from engineering school in 1979, and NONE of them were able to stand up under real world conditions. Mass production either did not lower the cost enough, or the cells deteriorated badly under the UV radiation in sunlight too fast.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:17:28 AM PDT
by
nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
To: nuke rocketeer
The inventor who really gets it right will be fabulously wealthy.
The US military would LOVE to spend less on energy.
A politician who could really champion a workable solution might ride that horse all the way to the White House.
The fact that all of these amazing discoveries "get buried" tells me that they just don't work as advertised.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:25:58 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Et si omnes ego non)
To: Republic Can
So we would use Methane gas? Isn’t this the process he perfected? And doesn’t methane gas increase CO2? I’m so confused.
To: Republic Can
FWIW, it looks like they are a legitimate company
http://bellplantation.com/
involved in peanut-based products. (Powdered peanut butter?)
J.C. Bell...Peanuts...Could J.C. have been named after our old friend Jimmah Carter?
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:29:35 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(The Two Americas: Those that want to be coddled, Those that want to be left the hell alone.)
To: Republic Can
Sounds suspiciously like a perpetual-motion scam to me.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:33:29 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: wordsofearnest
Kudzu was my first thought.
I also wonder if Kudzu would grow in Iraq.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:34:38 AM PDT
by
Appleby
To: RightWhale
Hell, I got two of those things in my garage, right next to the Water Carburator, my Perpetual Motion Machine, and the Arc of the Covenant.
My government can't make a profit on Amtrack; how the heck are they going to carry off a conspiracy like this?
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:35:06 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
To: chrisser
involved in peanut-based products. (Powdered peanut butter?) Who ended up with George Washington Carver's peanut recipes? Maybe this idea isn't all that new after all...
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:38:27 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: wordsofearnest; Appleby
Great minds think alike. Kudzu was my first thought as well.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:40:48 AM PDT
by
BubbaBasher
(Without the 2nd amendment there would be no 1st amendment!)
To: Republic Can
Now if they could find a way to convert human waste into oil, there would be no limit.
To: Dixie Yooper
Who ended up with George Washington Carver's peanut recipes?
Some are here:
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/recipes/peanutrecipes.html (scroll down to 105 ways of using the peanut).
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:43:51 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(The Two Americas: Those that want to be coddled, Those that want to be left the hell alone.)
To: Republic Can
They have applied for a patent, a good thing, They claim that a pilot plant will be operational, if this works he will have NO problem getting VC money. Whether the process can be scaled to industrial levels and produce oil at competitive prices remain to be seen.
IF this can work at an industrial level expect to see some short selling of oil futures. Using garbage, and stuff thrown in landfills currently would be a good thing.
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:44:19 AM PDT
by
Leto
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