Baytown (TX) – A Baytown Texas man claims he can extract almost limitless amounts of fuel from regular farm waste. John Rivera, the Chairman of Sustainable Power Corporation, says his “reactors” can convert waste like leftover feed, beans, rice, husks and grains into bio-fuel or what he calls “Vetroleum”. The Vetroleum can then be further refined into other fuels like gasoline or even jet fuel. Rivera claims 60 pounds of waste can produce nearly six gallons of fuel.

But is the fuel safe to use in vehicles and planes? Rivera told the North Channel Sentinel that it’s actually better than regular petroleum fuels and that his stuff burns at near 100% efficiency. A single reactor placed near a farm can produce approximately 6000 gallons of Vetroleum per day.

What Rivera is doing isn’t that new. While he doesn’t give that much details into his secret sauce, other companies have been breaking down farm waste into fuel for years. Basically it involves heating the nasty goop to hundreds of degrees and add some chemicals to break down the mixture into simple carbon chains. The material that doesn’t break down can be used as fertilizer because it only contains minerals. Rivera doesn’t disclose how much input energy is needed to start the process, so we’ll just have to wait until he has commercial plants running to judge if the process actually works.
glad i didnt go electric!!
cheers
bcb



ptpro
some men see things as they are, and ask "why"
I dream of things that never were, and say, "bloody ripper idea mate, lets try it",!!

bluudy hell warren!!
i am getting a bit fed up with your replies!!
you leave me nothing to disagree with!!!!!
how am i able to write an incredibly intelligent, and well thought out logical response??
if you keep going like this??
ppsstt!!!
i am hoa

Id say you are right on the money Warren.The 70s fuel crisis seems to have been forgotten.I think also we were heading for another ice age as well,at least thats what the experts said then.
Cheers Rob.

There Is No Replacement For Displacement.

excellent post Dr Terry. lolol

^^ And that Prius vs V8 cost comparison doesnt include the cst of replacing the batteries that are only supposed to last 5 years.

And what about the environmental impact of battery disposal?



Cheers,

Mick
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damn byron!!
another post i cant disagree with.!
the more i look into the climate change thing, the more i realize >>
1, it is obvious the climate is changing, quickly..
2, it has been hyjacked by the science community to make a buck.
3. it has

^^I agree^^.
We can only bury our head in the sand for so long before we suffocate.

If only the money spent on climate change research by the government was used for hospitals and schools.

Climate change is caused by the sun, something I dont think we have any control over.

My 82 253 is doing something for the environment, woohoo.

Dr Terry, You got it all covered nicely.

"Junk is something you throw out three weeks before you need it"

the planet is overdue for a enviromental shift, all we may have done is help it along....

I cant get these "chicken littles", who base all there argument on previous weather/temperature records, which are at most only accurate for the past 100 odd year

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