Note to self: Putting a spritz of vegetable oil between a nylon gear and an epoxy putty mold does *not* keep them from sticking together. Fortunately the nylon is much tougher than the putty, so I'm able to slowly chip it away ( Read more... )

"A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level - turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas ( Read more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/30/redford.oil/index.html

I recently saw an article on the Fischer-Tropsch process for turning carbon and water into hydrocarbons/gasoline. (Diagram of Fischer-Tropsch Process)Apparently the process was used heavily in South Africa to produce diesel fuel during the Apartheid embargo (What is it with racist dictatorships and alternative fuels ( Read more... )

Miniature Biodiesel Reactor ( Read more... )