thermal depolymerization (was Re: Making sex tastier)

From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@ckent.org)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 14:35:16 MDT

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    At 10:10 06/13/2003 -0700, Adrian Tymes wrote:

    >Or just store all of them, to the maximum extent
    >possible. (Eliminating sweat, for example, would
    >cause problems, but even there it could be made more
    >efficient by removing the aromatic compounds, no?)
    >Excrete only under controlled circumstances. If
    >you're willing to go cyborg, make this to a small
    >thermal depolymerization unit: turning organic waste
    >into fuel was one of its expected uses anyway.

    I keep hearing about thermal depolymerization as some sort of panacea. How
    much thermal energy do you put in to a gram of waste for how many
    milligrams of fuel, and what's the heating value of the fuel? Consider also
    that human waste is probably 75% water - that needs to get separated out
    first, most likely.

    TANSTAFFL...

    Chuck Kuecker



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