Posted on 12/11/2007 9:06:07 AM PST by #1CTYankee
>>You can send your contribu... I mean investment checks directly to the inventor, to cut out the middleman.<<
Tires are made of oil so there ought to be some method to extract energy. I mistrust this article when they talk of putting in rocks or anything else.
I have a (now former) friend who licensed another technology for extracting energy from tires (Invented at Georgia Tech, BTW) and tried to build a plant in new Jersey where land fill costs are highest and thus there is financial incentive to overcome the inefficiency or tire extraction (as well as resulting environmental problems)...
They could not quite make it work but now they are building a plant in India. I broke with them over this because they took money for the U.S. government for this. I believe this should work without U.S. government funding or not at all.
Microwaves extract tough-to-reach oil
The Patriot-News | September 17, 2006 | DAVID DeKOK
Posted on 09/17/2006 9:33:24 PM EDT by thackney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703274/posts
Analysis: Oil from shale could meet need
Earthtimes | 20 Jul 2007 | Energy Analysis Editor
Posted on 07/21/2007 3:34:42 PM EDT by Rick_Michael
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869593/posts
[snip] Global Resource Corp. uses microwaves to extract oil from shale... GRC is using the technology to reinvigorate older wells as well as draw oil from tires, petroleum-based plastics and automobile shredder residue... GRC CEO Frank Pringle said interest is growing, despite skepticism about the technology [end]
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