>It's interesting that in this thread so far nobody has >brought up Thermal Depolymerization...that's a pretty >cool technology that's in its infancy, but has >potential. There's a plant in the "bible belt" >somewhere that's been using butterball turkey offal as >a base material... > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization > >Anywho...BD proponants will no doubt have something >negative to say about this emerging technology, but I >think it's pretty cool. Of course, it's not solving >out emissions problems, or reducing our energy >consumption...which should be the paramount goal in >developing energy technology....more for less, >renewable etc.
You said it yourself, some of it. More important, it's not suitable for small, local community-scale operations, which are the only scale that makes any sense for biofuels (food, anything). Which, along with Robert's comment about the "waste" stream it depends on, makes it less than cool. Best Keith >--- M&K DuPree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone know anything about Tyson using chicken fat > > to supply stock for biodiesel? If so, comments? > > Thanks. Mike DuPree> _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
