It’s nice to see that the company at left says that its “goal” is waste tire to fuels, rather than that it actually is doing so, which would be a lie, albeit one that is commonly told. About 15 years …
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Processing Waste Tires
The people making the claim at left say: This isn’t greenwashing. It’s patented, for-profit, and scalable tire recycling tech. There is nothing scientifically impossible about what they’re saying here. In fact, I promoted the gasification/pyrolysis of waste tires to potential …
We Said Bye-Bye to Biofuels About a Decade Ago
In 2009, when I wrote my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, the subject of biofuels was very much alive, and I wanted to include a chapter on the subject. Algal-based biofuels seemed to hold the most promise, due to …
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Waste-Tire Pyrolysis
About 15 years ago, this whole subject held huge promise. That’s because each year, about 280 million old tires find themselves in landfills, releasing greenhouse gas emissions and wasting enormous amounts of chemical energy. It appeared that a large opportunity …
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Waste Tire
When 2GreenEnergy was launched almost 16 years ago, the idea of collecting waste tires and subjecting them to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen (“pyrolysis”) to convert them into valuable commodities was very attractive. The idea was especially appealing …
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Biofuels Investment?
I’ll bet anyone $100 against his $10 (10:1) that no investor in this biofuels scheme sees a single dollar return in the next five years. That may seem like a long time to wait for $10, but, if you have …
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Biomethane
I suspect this whole thing is made up, because there is no such thing as a “biomethane engine.” “Biomethane” just means that the methane didn’t come from fossil fuels, but from the recent decay of organic material, e.g., plants, animal …
“Powering the Next Generation in Waste”: How Credible Is That?
From these people’s video: “Our technology transforms waste into energy, and that’s a huge opportunity, because that’s not being done across the board.” They want investors to come on board. But will they be impressed by what they see here? …
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Discussion on Biofuels
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood asked for my take on this article in Scientific American on the environmental issues associated with biofuels. Craig: I’m bearish on biofuels for many reasons. The main problem, and it seems insurmountable, is that plants didn’t …
Food from Thin Air
From this: It’s not like you can make food out of thin air. Well…it turns out you can. A company from Finland, Solar Foods, is planning to bring to market a new protein powder, Solein, made out of CO₂, water …
