A German scientist, Christian Koch, has made an amazing invention that turns waste (“paper, plastics, textiles, and rubbish”) into diesel fuel that can be used in normal diesel-powered automobiles. It is much more cost-efficient that gasoline, although I don’t know how environmentally friendly it is.
Instead of this being a major breakthrough news story, a German scum of a newspaper, the Bild, ran a story claiming that Koch used dead cats to power his car. It seems most of the “reputable” news agencies took this story and ran with it. I even read a post on Slashdot that had this claim but then linked to a CNN article that quotes the scientist refuting the very same accusation.
I would not be surprised if someone with a stake in the oil industry fabricated this story to divert people from the true benefits of this invention. (1). We can virtually eliminate our trash problem by turning it into fuel. (2). We can end the “oil wars” like the ones going on in Iraq and Afghanistan (yeah I said it).
But then, we are really reaching the heart of the problem. It’s not as if other fuel sources did not already exist (alcohol and hydrogen come to mind off the top of my head). The problem is that the oil industry and the politicians on their payroll are hellbent on making sure that oil continues to be the main source of auto energy until the last drop dries and most of the Middle East has been obliterated.
Meanwhile, on the real planet earth, a real human being, Christian Koch, has gone 106,000 miles in his car, powered by his trash.
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the oil lobby is long known for this sort of thing. No doubts there at all; it’s not even a political statement to say so; it just *is*. I once read the original engine ran on peanut oil, I believe.
That all said, it reminds me of the movie “Back to the Future” and the garbage-fueled car at the end of the flick. What potential, I think I have enough garbage on the floor of my van to fuel a cross-country trip!
well i am hoping with the rise of cost in gas prices that our nation will demand another source of energy, that’s cheaper and environmentally sound. but i do have my doubts as well… seeing that my good friend and my mother, both purchased oversized vehicles last month that run on regular gasoline… showing that it’s not really effecting everyone as much as i thought.