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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:22 AM Original message |
Thermal Depolymerization is the answer to energy and waste issues. |
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orion9941 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow!! I have never heard of this before. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Relying on TCP for energy is like eating your own shit for nutrients... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It can utilize biomass as well. And landfills. |
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Kraklen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yeah, but there's not enough trash. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yes it can -- but you need to look at the big picture... |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. "The resulting steam is recaptured to power the system". |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's far from a closed-loop system... |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You make an excellent point re: "perpetuating a petroleum-dependent |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. When the Carthage plant was built the price of the turkey guts |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oil companies actually like this technology |
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Kraklen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It's not a different kind of refinery. |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. it ain't a secret but extremists are against it |
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SomewhereOutThere424 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Of course... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good luck with having the Corporate Cabal letting you mass market this . . |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. As long as there are halogenated polymers |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. i thought it was called TDP?? |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No, you're right -- the actually process is thermal depolymerization... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. The trouble with this is that we're still talking about burning oil |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. Here's a good discussion on DU about this: |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. The real benefit is its waste-disposal capability. |
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