The Austrian Alchemist

A presentation was held yesterday in Fife where a company called Green Power promises it can turn garbage into diesel in 3 minutes.

I'm all for exciting and invigorating new processes that get us off our oil fix, but I'm wary. Especially since the CEO has been jailed for fraud. This just smells of 21st century alchemy. Lead to gold, garbage to diesel. The Trib writes:

The demonstration began with Green Power employees grinding up a mixture of paper, plastic and other household garbage. They then added a type of petroleum oil to the dried garbage and poured the black, gooey mixture into the mini fuel-to-waste plant. Minutes later, golden diesel poured out of the plant’s spout and into a bucket.

It sounds like a magic trick to me. Presto Chango!

Count me as a skeptic.