http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/ Engadget Comments for Portable generator converts waste into energy http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
What the hell does this mean? You can't create more energy than is consumed in anything. If you could, we would not have an energy problem.

What they meant, I'm guessing, is that it's 90% efficient at turning whatever energy is in the waste into usable energy.]]>Feb 5th 2007 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/To calculate the efficiency you would have to know the theoretical energy that the garbage could produce if the processing conditions were 'ideal' (which would always be < 100%).
So, 90% is a perfectly normal number, as far as i'm concerned.

Sorry for the bad english =D]]>Feb 5th 2007 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
...and there's no way they could achieve anywhere near %90 efficiency at converting waste to energy.]]>Feb 5th 2007 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
- i get a creepy feeling 'bout KIAs meant to be secret , God my brain's ruined for sure....]]>Feb 5th 2007 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
Passarinhuu has the right idea about it. It takes energy to process it into a usable form, but then it'll generate more power.

This could have a lot of useful civilian uses too. For example, remote research stations (think Antartica) where they have a problem with disposing of garbage and have to generate power.]]>Feb 5th 2007 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
I was going to say with 2015 getting much closer maybe this is the precursor to the Mr. Fusion.

BTTF FTW!]]>Feb 5th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
http://www.changingworldtech.com/what/index.asp

It converts input waste into a stratified (for easy separation) mixture of minerals, metals, water (can be pumped into sewage system), gasses (reused in its own heating elements), and light sweet crude oil (used to make gasoline).

They have a full-scale working plant in Carthage, MI next to a Butterball turkey processing plant.]]>Feb 5th 2007 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
In general I recommend to look at the German Federal Ministry of Environment (www.bmu.de/english/aktuell/4152.php) for information about sustainability and how waste incineration plays a big role in it (in any case waste incineration with proper flu-gas cleaning equipment and recovery of as many materials as possible - it's better any day than landfilling).

Another reference check out: www.wrsi.info and on opening page there is a paper from the German Green Party. The German Greens fully support proper waste incineration, well, and Germany checks out with the highest recycling rate for a country in the world at over 65%! There is lot’s more good info and links to other sites including the Federal Ministry of Environment under “related resources”.

We need to wake up in the US and stop opposing everything. If you consider last weeks findings of the world's scientist environmental council - we in the USA still produce 1/4 to 1/3 of the world’s pollution! So isn't it time that we do something constructive and learn from other countries?

Or is it because we are so special that we need no help to destroy ourselves?

Research first, and then speak...
P.
]]>Feb 6th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 5th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Innovative.]]>Feb 5th 2007 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 6th 2007 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 6th 2007 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/Feb 11th 2007 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/05/portable-generator-converts-waste-into-energy/
http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/86676542/

One thing I found interesting. When the TD project first began, they were able to obtain their raw materials (turkey guts) for free from the turkey processing plants. With free raw materials, the TD plant was turning out barrels of oil cheaper that we can presently import them. Well we just couldn’t have that, so the government reversed a previous decision that made feeding turkey guts back to turkeys illegal. Suddenly the guys running the TD had to pay for their raw materials, which means that the oil they produce now costs more than the imported oil......... who's side is the government on anyway? Do we really need to be overseas defending a supply of oil that we could be producing for ourselves for free?
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