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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zeddan" data-source="post: 850402" data-attributes="member: 10340">Sounds like a really neat idea.85% efficiency is great in the thermodynamic world.It means that some of the energy contained in the turkey guts is used to fuel the process.  As stated in the atricle older methods of this were extremely inefficient.  i.e. it took more energy to mkae the oil than was produced.  Gasoline hybrids are the way to go.  Solar cells are horrible inefficient.  They never produce the amount of power that was required to make them and the byproducts of solar cell production are some nasty chemicals.  Fuel cells are a great idea, but the production of hydrogen takes a lot of energy.  until someone figures out a way to efficiently produce the hydrogen then we are out of luck there.  Nuclear would be great if we could do something about the nuclear fallout that develops from the 80 car pile up on the interstate and the spent fuel in the engine.Also realize what this method would mean for waste disposal.  No more huge landfills.  That in of itself would offset any increased pollution from the gasoline.  Also the purified water is huge, unless of course it tastes like turkey guts.All in all a neat idea, one step closer to the Mr. Fusion.Anybody have any banana peels, my Delorean is waiting.</blockquote>