Red_Chili
Hard Core 4+
This is awesome stuff... It's been said the 'next big thing' (new technology bubble) will be related to energy independence/greenhouse issues.
Plasma Converter
Plasma Converter
Anybody else remember "Doc" coming back from the future in the Delorean, and dumping trash into a cuisinart sized converter on the back of the DeLorean?
I'm not a nuclear physicist, but I know this much, that he can't break the laws of thermodynamics. If I understand his thing, he's probably doing what's called thermal depolymerization. This is not a new concept, it's been around for a few decades, primarily as a way to produce crude oil from waste.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization
The end-to-end process is really endothermic, so it takes significant energy to break the molecular bonds that might free any energy. It's not a system to produce net positive energy, although once started it's possible it could be self sustaining. He can say it's 'producing' energy because he's assuming the feedstock is free. If you consider the energy required to produce the stuff he's feeding it, then it's not making new energy. IOW, it took energy to make diapers or grow bananas and when all that is added to the calculation, it does not make something from nothing.
But the economics would probably work out, since it does produce energy where as a landfill is pretty much just an eyesore. It does require that you buy energy for the process and so economically he'd still need to charge the trash companies to dump their waste. My guess is that he's sort of a snake oil salesman with the free energy promises, but there is truth to the process as a way to convert trash to something useful.
My guess is that he's sort of a snake oil salesman with the free energy promises,
My Buell already has a flux capacitor. It is cleverly disguised as a very loud fan, but its secret purpose is known to the initiated.
Helps with the wheelies. Getting better at them. And no, Cheeseman, you may not have my truck.