Did this just happen no generators?

SSDiv6 · 10-14-2021, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

There will always be oil. It may be made out of seaweed or plankton but it will always be here......... unless we finally decide to get serious about nuclear.

You are correct!
Still remember when I lived in Seattle, there was company converting the waste cooking oil from local restaurants into bio-diesel fuel and there were many local pumps selling the bio-fuel at a lower price than the gas stations with the regular diesel fuel.

The only issue I saw was that everytime I would be stopped a traffic light next to a car that used the cooking oil based bio-diesel, I would get hungry for French Fries or Calamari!

https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ase-into-fuel/

Frank Castros · 10-14-2021, 01:47 PM

Renewable sources, while having orders of magnitude greater energy content than human society may use up, are not particularly easy to harness, allowing only a small part to be finally harvestable. There are tough technical, environmental and societal problems, all quite significant, that have to be solved and restrictions on its transmission and location of usage have to be followed. It will also require development of “wastetless technology” and recovery and recycle of materials, particularly those which are difficult to win from natural sources and may be in short supply. Thus, in the long run, “renewable energy” will become inevitable, but even this will require a great deal of effort and planning and will not come easy.

Or inexpensively.

Mike Gray · 10-14-2021, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDiv6

You are correct!
Still remember when I lived in Seattle, there was company converting the waste cooking oil from local restaurants into bio-diesel fuel and there were many local pumps selling the bio-fuel at a lower price than the gas stations with the regular diesel fuel.

The only issue I saw was that everytime I would be stopped a traffic light next to a car that used the cooking oil based bio-diesel, I would get hungry for French Fries or Calamari!

https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ase-into-fuel/

I like this - Collect all the waste oil from In-N-Out and convert it to bio-diesel then run it in my diesel generator in the pits and I will have a bunch of hungry guys looking for the food!.

Billy Nees · 10-14-2021, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Gray

I like this - Collect all the waste oil from In-N-Out and convert it to bio-diesel then run it in my diesel generator in the pits and I will have a bunch of hungry guys looking for the food!.

In the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Pa. area there are "gangs" stealing cooking oil from local restaurants!

Frank Castros · 10-14-2021, 03:14 PM

Can we use human waste for energy?

Northumbrian Water is one company that is now a recognized expert in the use of what it calls "poo power" - using human waste to generate gas and electricity. The water firm was the first in the UK to use all its sludge - the goo generated after raw sewage has been treated - to produce renewable power.

Rory McNeil · 10-14-2021, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Can we use human waste for energy?

Northumbrian Water is one company that is now a recognized expert in the use of what it calls "poo power" - using human waste to generate gas and electricity. The water firm was the first in the UK to use all its sludge - the goo generated after raw sewage has been treated - to produce renewable power.

I doubt THAT would smell like French Fries!

Tom P · 10-14-2021, 04:39 PM

So the septic tanks on motorhomes could be generators ! That's probably better than waiting for battery powered generator technology to catch up.

Frank Castros · 10-14-2021, 05:47 PM

No it will not smell like french fries or calamari, but we'll never run out of this renewable energy source!
That also applies to some the bull**** posted on this thread including my own!

tpoh815 · 10-15-2021, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Can we use human waste for energy?

Northumbrian Water is one company that is now a recognized expert in the use of what it calls "poo power" - using human waste to generate gas and electricity. The water firm was the first in the UK to use all its sludge - the goo generated after raw sewage has been treated - to produce renewable power.

If this is true then California alone and all their BS will have enough to power the whole country.

Carguy49 · 10-15-2021, 11:30 AM

PPP - - Political Poop Power. The never ending power resource.

10-14-2021, 01:47 PM	#2
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 3,014 Likes: 2,713 Liked 2,781 Times in 981 Posts	Re: Did this just happen no generators? Renewable sources, while having orders of magnitude greater energy content than human society may use up, are not particularly easy to harness, allowing only a small part to be finally harvestable. There are tough technical, environmental and societal problems, all quite significant, that have to be solved and restrictions on its transmission and location of usage have to be followed. It will also require development of “wastetless technology” and recovery and recycle of materials, particularly those which are difficult to win from natural sources and may be in short supply. Thus, in the long run, “renewable energy” will become inevitable, but even this will require a great deal of effort and planning and will not come easy. Or inexpensively.

10-14-2021, 03:14 PM	#5
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 3,014 Likes: 2,713 Liked 2,781 Times in 981 Posts	Re: Did this just happen no generators? Can we use human waste for energy? Northumbrian Water is one company that is now a recognized expert in the use of what it calls "poo power" - using human waste to generate gas and electricity. The water firm was the first in the UK to use all its sludge - the goo generated after raw sewage has been treated - to produce renewable power.

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Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Did this just happen no generators? So the septic tanks on motorhomes could be generators ! That's probably better than waiting for battery powered generator technology to catch up.

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Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 3,014 Likes: 2,713 Liked 2,781 Times in 981 Posts	Re: Did this just happen no generators? No it will not smell like french fries or calamari, but we'll never run out of this renewable energy source! That also applies to some the bull**** posted on this thread including my own!

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Carguy49 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Fife, Washington Posts: 1,997 Likes: 2,611 Liked 3,027 Times in 725 Posts	Re: Did this just happen no generators? PPP - - Political Poop Power. The never ending power resource. __________________ Ron McDowell - Did Race Every day is a Gift - Enjoy with family and friends.