Garbage Converted to Fuel, Discovery in Czech Republic

WONG:
Czech scientists are carrying out a unique experiment of international importance. They have found out how to change household waste into food for animals and fuel for cars.

STORY:
Experts in algae and energetic use of wastes have designed a scientific process to transform municipal waste into bio-fuel for cars and good class food for animals.
The star performer in the process is algae. Certain algae thrive on the carbon dioxide formed while burning the waste.

[Msc Petr Novak, Director for Ecology] male
"We were of course surprised too, the quality of algae is so high that they are suitable for utilization in the food-processing industry and at the same time it is confirmation that burnt gas from our wastes incinerator is very clean.

As wastes are burnt the smoke-gas goes through a filter and heads for a water bath where scientist have placed algae. Algae transform the burnt gas into protein and from protein they make starch. This starch is used in the production of bio-ethanol to be used in place of petrol.

[Petr Novak, Director for Ecology] male
"The effect lies mainly in that carbon dioxide forms as much as 50 percent of expenses in the production of algae and here it is actually for free."

Moreover the algae grow 30 times faster than maize or soy from which bio-fuel is commonly produced.
The Scientific team will patent their discovery in Europe and the USA.
NTDTV, Liberec, Czech Republic

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[Unibomber2u]

@PHYTO4LIFE10 Except for the slight oversight. They are still incinerating the wastes creating cancer causing carcinigens like dioxins and furans. Other than that sure it will work. Just don't live withing a 100 miles down wind of the operation.

[Unibomber2u]

@flax56 Not to mention they are not reducing carcinigins that cause cancer from incineration like dioxins and furans. Still has ash that must be treated as hazardous waste.

[Unibomber2u]

I hope you don't plan on bringing this cancer causing incinerator to the U.S. Burning MSW which contains plastics and rubber you create cancer causing carcinogens. Dioxins and Furans. Your algae is not thriving on these it appears. Keep it in the Ukrane. Period.

[PHYTO4LIFE10]

So pretty much garbage can create its own fuel that will break itself down

[PHYTO4LIFE10]

grind and extreme heat boil the garbage leaving a liquid that in turn fertilizes the algae with the help from the sun then it is broken down again leaving fuel that might one day fuel any thing from cars to jet planes

[WolYou]

There is no "waste". This word is a concept using the semantic of something worthless. It's been created to delude the people into buying the same stuff over and over again in order to pay on a daily basis. What is being referred to as "waste" is in fact resources. If you burn resources, you're an idiot. No matter what you'll do with the by-products. Incineration also needs lots of oil, gas and coal because "garbage" doesn't burn without it.

[agungk]

misleading title...

better technique is to harvest the energy already contained in the waste itself, not trough long intermediary process where the actual energy must be recollected from the sun.

it would be a bonus if they can devise a method to pull co2 from the atmosphere instead burning things to generate higher concentration.

[djbro16]

quick everyone make more garbage!

[Leibensborn]

I was thinking the same thing. A possible solution would be to burn the garbage with the fuel created from algae. If the algae is exposed to sunlight during its growth cycle it could create more energy than is burned. I dont know much about how they get the energy out of the algae thou.

[flax56]

What about the energy used to burn the garbage, it is energy intensive to burn waste to produce CO2 to grow algae. It does not even reduce carbon emissions, it is only an excuse for burning trash.