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October 29, 2006
Anything into Oil
I posted about THIS about a year ago. Read the whole update article. Then get after your local big industries and politicians to get rolling on this - especially as regards sewage treatment, landfills and agricultural waste.
It looks like the full-sized pilot plant that deals with turkey guts has been optimized for what it's supposed to deal with, and almost all of the little bugs have been swatted.
Presuming it works as expected, in about twenty years, we'll be able to do the following:
1. Tell the assorted Islamic states with large oil deposits to go pound sand.
2. Clean up a large chunk of our industrial base at a profit.
3. Make recycling of almost everything a profitable enterprise.
Of course, there's a certain type of politician out there that will scream about the dislocations in the economy of some of the oil-exporting countries, and try to regulate these things out of existence. That type of politician will be standing in front of a moving freight train, holding up his/her hand, commanding the train to stop.
Note: I put this into the "Society" category because of the changes in our society that this technological development will force. Just imagine, NOT being dependent on other countries for our energy needs?
Posted by ward at October 29, 2006 09:32 AM