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| CT Company Makes Practical Plasma Converter |
| 2007-02-18 |
| It sounds as if someone just dropped a tricycle into a meat grinder. I’m sitting inside a narrow conference room at a research facility in Bristol, Connecticut, chatting with Joseph Longo, the founder and CEO of Startech Environmental Corporation. As we munch on takeout Subway sandwiches, a plate-glass window is the only thing separating us from the adjacent lab, which contains a glowing caldera of “plasma” three times as hot as the surface of the sun. Every few minutes there’s a horrific clanking noise—grinding followed by a thunderous voomp, like the sound a gas barbecue makes when it first ignites. “Is it supposed to do that?” I ask Longo nervously. “Yup,” he says. “That’s normal.” |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #8 isotopes R kryptonite yes Albert this is the dawning of the age of Global Warming™ and funny loving physics™ are possible. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-02-18 17:57 |
| #7 The system is capable of breaking down pretty much anything except nuclear waste, the isotopes of which are indestructible. Dummkopf |
| Posted by: Albert Einstein 2007-02-18 17:39 |
| #6 Ask is $3 per share STHK. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-02-18 15:48 |
| #5 American private capitalism does it again! |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-02-18 15:21 |
| #4 Back to the Future, folks, put those banana peels into the converter to feed the flux capacitor. All those Chicoms out of work sorting our recycling. All those Greenies out of work - even better. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-02-18 15:09 |
| #3 Estimates of break-even costs & total cost of operation tend to be wildly off the mark for new technology. Tune in again in 5 years & see if anything comes of this. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-18 14:06 |
| #2 So, are they selling some of these? Is it working in real life? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-02-18 13:35 |
| #1 Damn... |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-02-18 13:07 |