Rising gas prices leave me annoyed that the thermal depolymerization alternative energy craze guttered out. Take ANYTHING that is even vaguely organic, add water, shove it through a blender and then stick it in a pressure cooker; what comes out the far side is natural gas (which can be sent back to the pressure cooker to heat the next batch), pure water, various grades of oil and some fertilizer.
The process wasn't particularly cheap, but it meant that America wouldn't have had to drill for oil anymore and would never have had to build another sewage treatment plant or landfill ever again, as we'd have been turning our crap and junk (two things that we're great at producing) into an endless supply of oil.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
The process wasn't particularly cheap, but it meant that America wouldn't have had to drill for oil anymore and would never have had to build another sewage treatment plant or landfill ever again, as we'd have been turning our crap and junk (two things that we're great at producing) into an endless supply of oil.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV