Receding Horizons

Last week, energy blogger Robert Rapier published a thorough analysis of what went wrong with thermal depolymerization (TDP), a much-hyped technology that promised to turn anything (starting with turkey guts) into usable oil and other clean, usable byproducts, while being net energy positive and economical.

I blogged it myself back in 2004 when it was supposed to be the Next Big Thing, able to harvest landfills and deliver liquid fuels in a post-peak oil world.


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