[Techster]

I've been following this Changing World Technologies story since it came out several months ago. Is the Carthage, MO facility in production? If so, are there specific production results available? I understand this facility and the prototype on the east coast some place was to be about 85% efficient. That would mean 85% of what goes in comes out as a useful/sellable product.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I live about an hour east of Carthage in Springfield, and yes the plant is up and running and from what I understand it is running about as expected. The turkey processing plant is very pleased with how smoothly the operation is going and how much waste they are able to simply move across the street to be processed.

[Hodar]

I understand this facility and the prototype on the east coast some place was to be about 85% efficient. That would mean 85% of what goes in comes out as a useful/sellable product.

From what I have read, the efficiency is a basis of how much power (fuel) is required to run the process versus how much power (fuel) is produced. Thus, for an 85% efficient plant, this means that 15% of the fuel produced needs to be used by the plant.

As for what percentage of the product is useful/sellable ... that would depend upon the input material. In the case of turkey offal, the waste products are water, fertilizer and various grades of oil.