All Blog Posts Tagged 'alternative' (3)

Here are the top 5 things to consider if you are interested in growing your own biofuel. The basic gist is to work with the current researchers and government entities not against them. Why? So you don't have to reinvent the wheel and they could give you some monetary support. 1. Do your homework and be honest about the constraints in your area. Know which feedstocks are appropriate to your climate, soil and sun conditions. You don't want to have to fight the elements. Choose the best plants fo… Continue

This entry is to educate skeptics who think that these technologies are only done by backyard mechanics. PGL is not a new technology just one forgotten with the advent of cheap foreign oil. Thankfully with these high gas prices, stubborn consumers are looking to help out their pocketbooks while earth conscious people are looking for more sustainable technology to fit their energy needs. In 1830, a developer successfully commercialized an early application of pyrolysis involving the production o… Continue

The magic of gasification, liquification or pyrolysis can convert waste tires that are filling our landfills into its useful simpler organic compounds. Let's explore these conversions since many people don't understand how all of this works. The information provided here is from the Environmental Factors of Waste Tire Pyrolysis, Gasification, and Liquefaction Final Report presented to the California Integrated Waste Management Board in July 1995 by CalRecovery. Pyrolysis involves heating organi… Continue