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" We received an e-mail recently from a Washington-based company called Green Power that makes some pretty tall claims. The corporation says it has perfected a process (catalytic pressure-less depolymerization, developed by German chemical specialist Christian Koch) that turns trash into high-quality diesel fuel. Here&amp;#039;s some of the e-mail Green Power sent us (the emphasis is ours):    Materials that can be converted to diesel fuel through this process include plastics (including PVCs), rubber, waste oils, agricultural wastes (food and animal waste) and wood. Green Power&amp;#039;s CEO, Michael Spitzauer, says that the end result of the process is diesel fuel that can be put directly into diesel-powered vehicles. Read the patent description for the process here. If you&amp;#039;re interested in learning more about Green Power&amp;#039;s trash-to-fuel technology, you can send queries to info@cleanenergyprojects.com.  Currently, Spitzauer and Green Power are conducting demonstrations of the technology using a mobile version of the trash-to-fuel unit mounted on a tractor-trailer (shown here). Would we like to see a system that can both reduce the amount of trash going into our landfills while supplying a significant amount of fuel? Of course. And while we maintain a healthy skepticism about this new process, we&amp;#039;d like to believe that somewhere out there is a clean, economical solution to an energy problem that&amp;#039;s heading for a crash. --James Ross  Selected info on alternate energy from PM: &amp;quot;Podcast: Crunching the Numbers on Alternative Fuels&amp;quot; &amp;quot;How Far Can You Drive on a Bushel of Corn?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Living Unplugged&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Cold Comfort&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Sun Showers&amp;quot; On the Move: A working model of the Green Power trash-to-fuel unit, mounted on a tractor-trailer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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