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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; engrpat
You were saying ...

Doesn't seem very efficient to me.

Have you ever seen how many tons of dirt have to be processed to make an ounce (or however much) of gold? LOL...

It's all in the profit. If you can make a profit, it's efficient, and that's all it takes.

And you saw the numbers expressed in the article -- and that's what you call "profit".

40 posted on 02/19/2010 4:48:19 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
But from 42 gallons (one barrel) can be refined approximately 19 gallons of gasoline.

That's almost 50%. One hell of a lot more than a ton to 1.5 gallons.

An interesting alternative. But cost efficient? Not so much.

Apples to apples. Don't care about dirt to gold ratio.

44 posted on 02/19/2010 5:12:02 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
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To: Star Traveler

And there are by-products just as there are in oil to gasoline.


51 posted on 02/19/2010 5:29:11 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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