On Sep 26, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Tom Irwin wrote: > Hi Zeke and all, > > Wow, it's been years since I saw that movie. That was Edward G. > Robinson's last flick. Lot's of things are applicable to today's peak > oil problem. Since it had a great storyline I have to think it was a > book at some time but I have no real idea. Actually I believe any > input feedstock with such a high water content would yield much less > energy out than put in unless there's a lot of complex and expensive > enzyme systems at work. Wastewater would be much worse even > enzymatically since it is like 99.99% water. Human solid waste is like > 50% water before the flush. The settled solids at the treatment plant > would make up maybe 99.9% water. I think the Phiily folks ought to > talk to some chemical engineers. > > Tom Irwin > > >> From: Zeke Yewdall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Sent: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:42:58 -0300 >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: {OHG} RE: Postmortem Residence >> >> Soilent green anyone....? >> >> I suspect that the problem is the energy input require to >> depolymerize the input feedstock. Is this more or less than the >> energy we get out of it. >> snip
Soylent green (by another name) was originally a book by Harry Harrison, who wrote from the 50s onward, mostly Sci Fi humor and Satire. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room%21_Make_Room%21> Harrison is probably most famous for Bill the Galactic Hero, which nicely pilloried Heinlein's "Starship Troopers". Taryn http://ornae.com/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
