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Anything Into Oil
Posted: 6/14/2003, 2:58 pm
by happening fish
Look at this
Well?
Breakthrough? Too good to be true? I'm not sure what to make of it. Anyone heard about this?
Posted: 6/14/2003, 3:01 pm
by starseed_10
i smell an investment opportunity
Posted: 6/14/2003, 3:28 pm
by I AM ME
wow that does sound to good to be true, but will any of the magor oil countries allow this to happen? and is this technology already patented? cause if not the Exxon will just buy it up and never release it.
Posted: 6/14/2003, 3:30 pm
by buzhwa
If a 175-pound man fell into one end, he would come out the other end as 38 pounds of oil, 7 pounds of gas, and 7 pounds of minerals, as well as 123 pounds of sterilized water.
That's a lovely thought.
I wonder how useful that light oil could really be, though. Do we really need more fatty acids?
Posted: 6/14/2003, 6:43 pm
by curtman16
I wonder how expensive a system like that is to set up and implement. But if we can turn garbage into fuel ...... think of it ..... the amount of garbage produced could reduce your heating/cooling bill as well as many other bills. But as mentioned, it does sound too good to be true.
Posted: 6/14/2003, 6:59 pm
by Bandalero
Why's it got to be Texas crude? why not Alaskan, or middle eastern!?
Posted: 6/14/2003, 7:19 pm
by sandsleeper
that thing is freakin awesome. its like... they key to peace on earth. well, almost.
but yeah there's gotta be a catch. i'd like to read an article criticizing it.
Posted: 6/14/2003, 7:58 pm
by Johnny
One of the major oil companies will probably try and buy the patent.
Posted: 6/14/2003, 8:01 pm
by Johnny
It sounds cool though. A Guy should invest in it
Posted: 6/15/2003, 1:36 am
by I AM ME
....i'm pretty sure serveral guys already have......hmmm now maybe bill gates should, he has some serious money to throw around, and thik of the profits! Hell he'd have a monopoly, and we know how good he is at running monopolies
Posted: 6/15/2003, 12:04 pm
by sandsleeper
if i was bill gates i'd buy the island of manhattan and make it my own personal playground.
Posted: 6/15/2003, 8:39 pm
by Corey
Looks good to me.
It reminds me of Mr. Fusion from Back to the Future II
Posted: 6/15/2003, 8:45 pm
by joe_canadian
holy. crap.
if this is true... it's going to be the most important invention since... fire! holy crap! why is this not all over the freaking news?
Posted: 6/15/2003, 9:00 pm
by happening fish
Controlled media suppression? I dunno
Posted: 6/15/2003, 9:09 pm
by sandsleeper
here's one slight criticism i found:
The Missouri plant will need to spend $15 a barrel to turn turkey waste into oil, compared with about $13 a barrel for small exploration and production companies and $5 for a major oil company, he said.
Posted: 6/15/2003, 9:10 pm
by Furious George
Ah yes, I've read about that somewhere, Discover magazine I think. Good idea, let's just hope it becomes a popular alternative, and not another novelty.
Posted: 6/16/2003, 12:23 am
by Bandalero
great it's not cost effective....DAMMIT!
Posted: 6/16/2003, 6:50 am
by superboots
Corey wrote:Looks good to me.
It reminds me of Mr. Fusion from Back to the Future II
yeah!!!!
that's what I thought!
Posted: 6/16/2003, 8:24 am
by happening fish
That site is from Discovery, which would explain why you read about it in a Discovery magazine
Posted: 6/16/2003, 9:27 pm
by thirdhour
why does it cost so much per barrel?