Originally Posted By: Loobed
Ferrari512, what is your purpose for repeatedly bashing re-refined oil? Is there an end goal you are trying to accomplish? We can't change your mind, and you can't change ours. So now what?
So those that dont have a opinion can hear both sides of the issue and...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
It has everything to do with Nextgen, Ashland buys recycled base oil from various sources they dont re refine it themselves, a rerefining plant is a big undertaking with permits, design and plans most plants are from the late...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
Its the CEP process, the same process used since the late 90s
No, it isn't the "same":
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Scientists have already been using a process known as pyrolysis for recycling oil. It involves heating the oil to a high temperature...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Successful troll is negative troll!
I'm sure in your obsessive Google-phu, "ferrari", you've probably come across five articles that support the contention that recycled oil is every bit as good...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
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Hey put Nextgen in your car all you want pal, nothing would make me happier.
I am...
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
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The technology for reclaiming oil is exactly the same since early 2000s, so what if its4 years old...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Successful troll is negative troll!
I'm sure in your obsessive Google-phu, "ferrari", you've probably come across five articles that support the contention that recycled oil is every bit as good, if not superior, than oil refined from crude for every lame...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
Originally Posted By: dave1251
I give up your thoughts on this matter are as factual as my opinion on who the next great football player will be. Which is to say not based too much on fact but a lot speculation. I will add that...
Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
Originally Posted By: dave1251
I give up your thoughts on this matter are as factual as my opinion on who the next great football player will be. Which is to say not based too much on fact but a lot speculation. I will add that...
Originally Posted By: Zaedock
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
They conclude on a positive note regarding the re-use of engine oils. "If these re-refined oils are manufactured correctly, there is then no reason not to use them," they say, "The requirement is, above all, that the re-refining...
Originally Posted By: dave1251
I give up your thoughts on this matter are as factual as my opinion on who the next great football player will be. Which is to say not based too much on fact but a lot speculation. I will add that for the sake of the argument I gave you is from my knowledge and...
Originally Posted By: dave1251
I give up your thoughts on this matter are as factual as my opinion on who the next great football player will be. Which is to say not based too much on fact but a lot speculation. I will add that for the sake of the argument I gave you is from my knowledge and...
Originally Posted By: dave1251
I give up your thoughts on this matter are as factual as my opinion on who the next great football player will be. Which is to say not based too much on fact but a lot speculation. I will add that for the sake of the argument I gave you is from my knowledge and...
Originally Posted By: Tros
Originally Posted By: ferrari512
This is why it takes many extra steps to re refine used motor oil.
If used motor oil was a better starting point for base oil there would be less processes and steps to re refine it than raw crude.
What additional steps are needed to...
Originally Posted By: GMorg
From my understanding, crude oil and spent motor oil are both listed as CR02 waste or "Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste".
CR02 waste is defined as,
"Oil or petroleum that is no longer suitable for the services for which it was manufactured due to the presence of impurities...