New Base Stock

[FrankN4]

I was talking with My chemistry professor friend and he said PAO stock for synthetic oils could be made from sewage.

Now I know someone is going to say, "it already is,"

and I doubt I would want to live near the refinery. He said a mixture of human and animal waste, mixed with any waste vegetation would be the ingredients for what could become a PAO base.

I full realize and accept that I have opened myself up to a barrage of jokes, puns, and remarks. But, since sewage is a vast, renewable, resource,

I am guessing it is "NOT YET" cost effective. Getting it collected and to a refinery(distillery) is now more expensive than moving crude.

Think of the possibilities!

Waste is recycled into PAO base stock, which is made into super high quality motor oil, which is recycled as fuel for distilleries that make PAO base stock.

I am going to go and take my meds now.

 

[toyotaguy]

"I am going to go and take my meds now. ;\)"



I already did

 

[aquariuscsm]

Man that`s a trip!

 

[berlyn]

Hi FrankN4,
everything we live in is a combination of the elements of the periodic table, and new elements are waiting to be found or made by us in the laboratory.
Chemistry is an endless part of the science and if somebody discovers the way to do what you say and in an economic manner, why not...
berlyn

 

[lexus114]

HUH??

 

[Steve S]

Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen are the building blocks .

 

[Johnny]

You could build that new refinery in Washington DC.

But anything is possible, my lawn fertilizer is made from human waste in Milwaukee.


http://www.milorganite.com/home/

 

[Ben99GT]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
... my lawn fertilizer is made from human waste in Milwaukee.

 

[Nickdfresh]

So synthetic oil is the [censored]?

 

[FrankN4]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
You could build that new refinery in Washington DC.

But anything is possible, my lawn fertilizer is made from human waste in Milwaukee.


http://www.milorganite.com/home/

Some of my lawn fertalizer comes from liquid human waste made from a product bottled in Milwaukee

Quote:
Hi FrankN4,
everything we live in is a combination of the elements of the periodic table, and new elements are waiting to be found or made by us in the laboratory.
Chemistry is an endless part of the science and if somebody discovers the way to do what you say and in an economic manner, why not...
berlyn



Yeah....that is almost exactly what I said to my chemistry professor friend.

You are, of course, correct. I can't help but think there is going to be some sort of super battery/fuel cell/ pocket reactor, or whateveer to power our electric cars. But, there is certainly a political and an economic advantage to recycle waste of any sort or kind.

I had to take two semesters of chemistry in high school. I made it through the year with something like an 82 average, not very good. I don't have a clue how I passed chemistry in college but it hurt my GPA more than anything, I mean it took it down by about .25

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh
So synthetic oil is the [censored]?

It will be soon.


IMO, this will be great technology if it gets off the ground.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Man I think I`ll stick with dinosaur and plant corpses :^P

 

[Samilcar]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
You could build that new refinery in Washington DC.

But anything is possible, my lawn fertilizer is made from human waste in Milwaukee.


http://www.milorganite.com/home/


My grass absolutely loves that stuff. Gives it a dark green color with no excessive growth.

Nobody better take my Milorganite away to make oil out of it!

 

[Bryanccfshr]

WE humans think we are so smart. WE process water to be safe to drink from our lakes, rivers, aquifers and oceans. We then poop in that drinking water and have to process it again to put it back into our lakes , rivers and oceans.

http://humanurehandbook.com/

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: berlyn
new elements are waiting to be found


Almost any unfound element would have a half-life that is a fraction of a second before they decay into a more stable form. U and Pu are the highest stable element we have.