| We really can convert regular household waste, | | | | They would be transporting the equipment through a |
| medical waste, anything that is not radioactive, metal, | | | | tractor-trailer rig. But this one that they would be |
| glass or porcelain, into diesel fuel." | | | | bringing along is just a demonstration unit and is much |
| This is according to Michael Spitzauer who is the CEO | | | | smaller than the real one which would still have to be |
| of Green Power Inc., a company based in Washington. | | | | constructed in a plant. Statistics from the organization |
| And Green Power has just recently demonstrated to | | | | state that when the real plant is already in the works, it |
| the public that they sure can. Green Power uses a | | | | would be able to consume 500 to 2000 tons of waste |
| process that they dub as Catalytic Depolymerization. | | | | from landfills each day like plastics, junk, and even |
| And those two hundred people who were seeing the | | | | damaged Mazda RX-7 performance parts. Then, the |
| technology in action were amazed. After all, who has | | | | technology would then transform these wastes into |
| already seen landfill waste become diesel fuel? | | | | around 75,000 gallons of gas. So just imagine, this |
| Most were really amazed at the spectacle. Among | | | | technology would be able to reduce the amount of |
| those 200 witnesses, government officials were also | | | | waste and at the same time it would also be |
| there. Some representatives of oil refineries and | | | | producing the much coveted fuel. |
| corporations were also there to take part in the said | | | | And maybe, gas prices would also go down. |
| event. There were even some who came from the | | | | According to Green Power, they estimate that the |
| countries of Japan and India. Most claimed that they | | | | diesel fuel that they would be able to create out of |
| were skeptical at first but it sure shows that Green | | | | landfill wastes could be sold at around $0.52 to $0.58 |
| Power has got the power to make people believers | | | | per gallon. And with such competition, it is very much |
| of the Catalytic Depolymerization process. | | | | likely that other oil companies would follow suit. |
| Green Power is going to show off this technology to | | | | Hopefully. |
| various cities this summer right through the coming fall. | | | | |