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Old 09-19-2012, 10:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Planes of the future could fly on sawdust or straw - Yahoo! News

And if anyone cries about it swiping the food off their plate, I invite them to chew on horse manure.

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You should be able to use the same process on yard waste/clippings, scrap lumber...etc.

Frank, horse manure is feed stock for a methane digester, this process uses straw/wood chips
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They're using an enzyme-based approach. I had hopes for Thermal Depolymerization, but it looks like the company that had their pilot plant running on turkey guts imploded.

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