"Factoids," "Kirt's Cogitations," and
"Tech Topics Smorgasbord"
are all manifestations of my rantings on various subjects relevant (usually) to
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Remember Doc's car in "Back to the
Future 3," the one that ran on garbage? Well, it seems the idea wasn't so far-fetched
after all. The scientists at Changing World Technologies are perfecting a contraption
that can turn just about any carbon-based material into high-quality oil, clean-burning
gas, and purified minerals that can be used for fuels, fertilizers or specialty
chemicals. The magic is worked by a Thermal Depolymerization Process (TDP), which
has solved the problem of requiring high-pressure, high temperature cookers. In
two hours, 1400 lbs of turkey guts, plastic bottles, and human waste were turned
into marketable, clear oil. Efficiencies of 85% are reported. Visit their
website for more information. Oh, a 175-lb man would be converted
into 38 lbs of oil, 7 lbs of gas, 7 lbs of minerals, and 123 lbs of sterilized water.
RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling
2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed
formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit
design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at
the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps
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