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Corn can produce diesel
Although corn is normally converted to sugars and then fermented to make ethanol, it can also be gasified to produce syngas, which then is converted to synthetic fuels. These synthetic fuels include diesel.The standard gasification process that is still used today was developed in Germany in 1913, improved upon in the 1920's by Franz Fischer ...
Posted to Green Room by regrouping on November 14, 2008
Hybrids, not as good a move as you think
Before you go out and buy a hybrid you may want to look into turning your current vehicle into a hybrid. In recent years many advances have been made towards using hydrogen in conventional gas burning engines. While some ideas seem to have been made by crack pot hippies or your neighbor experimenting in his garage some ideas will actually work. ...
Posted to The Green Lantern by allanmain on July 8, 2008
Re: Plastic bags in China
Contrary to myth, popular belief and those frightened into anything plastic can be reused and in particular reused for fuel (cheaply it seems) Korea has a boiler and burner unit already in production that does just that in the agricultural industry. Reading a blog clearly identifies the ability to convert plastic in landfills to useable fuel ...
Posted to Recycled by travelsapien on June 15, 2008