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Comments on Geoplasma Plasma Refuse Plant
Neat idea to use Sixties NASA tech to turn trash into electricity. Hope it works. (Read
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| "I'm confused as to how this works. Doesn't it take an incredible amount of energy to produce plasma? Enough that it would negate the energy obtained from the trash?" (Brandon 11/17/2008 9:09:29 AM) |
| "That's what I was wondering as well. However, it might still be economical at even sub break-even when you factor in all waste disposal costs, and toxic materials that the plasma would reduce to it's constituent elements. Otherwise, look to the Reverse Depolymerization plant pilot project turning Butterball turkey plant waste into desil oil..." (AJ Dual 11/17/2008 10:21:43 AM) |
| "Maybe its just proof of concept that firing all our trash into the sun will work :)." (Brandon 11/17/2008 2:05:15 PM) |
| "I think once you get it up a certain temp, it becomes fuel and powers itself from then on.
" ( 11/17/2008 6:08:12 PM) |
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