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I need one of these and one of the vitrons and I will be SET BAYBEE !!!!!!!!!! Recycle that CO2 into Fuel Dude !!! Origo Develops Recycling System that Turns Car Emissions Into Fuel The concept has been around for a while, but Origo Industries is planning on being the first company to release a CO2 recycling system that turns your car emissions into fuel. The unit captures CO2 from your car exhaust and stores it until it can be recycled in a home unit that uses algae to produce bio-oil. According to the company, the system could produce as much as 660 gallons of free fuel per year—which sounds too good to be true. We shall find out soon enough as Origo is scheduled to unveil the technology for the first time at this year's Green-Car-Guide Live! in the UK starting on June 12th
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Replying to: vitron (Jun 05, 2008 1:03 pm) Oddly enough I have the perfect car for a test like this. Our old 1998 3.8 liter Dodge Grand Caravan has been with us since we bought it new in July of 1998, and I've tracked the mileage on it since then. I have a spread sheet that has logged most fill-ups since new through about the 100,000 mile mark, and all but two or three fill-ups since then (another ~60,000 miles). Would I volunteer to do it? I suppose so, however, there are some logistical issues that would have to be dealt with as I live in New Hampshire (you're in Colorado I believe) and so having you install it would be problematic to say the least. That said, I'm a pretty fair wrench and would be willing to do the installation myself if that would work. I don't know, maybe I'm nuts for offering, but there it is. In me you get a car with a demonstrated fuel economy history, a skeptical tester and logistical challenges. Thoughts? Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Jun 05, 2008 4:04 pm) I'm game. I'll even fly out there and install it for you. All I ask is that you provide an honest report of your experience, good or bad - back to this group and make a statement for my website (I'll even publish it if it's negative as long as it's honest). Sound fair? If so, send an email to publictest  vitron-plasma.com and give me some contact info. I look forward to showing you what it does! -Chris |
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Replying to: larsb (Jun 05, 2008 1:44 pm) |
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I've only been lurking around this convo. Lotsa fun. I like you man. You've got chutzpah. You appear to understand the skepticism. The claims of what your technology is capable of are, to say the least, provocative. And I sure ain't gonna rag on you for addressing what you provoke on the internet. Larsb said you seemed serious, and apparently you are. I don't know if you're just blowing smoke. At least you don't sound like you are. I will say that it does seem to me that someone like Popular Mechanics would be more appropriate to fully test your tech. Just seems that CR is more into testing consumer products once they are a bit more mainstream. Then again I'm not making decisions for CR, so what do I know. Shoot, why not approach the Edmunds folks to give it a go? Just thinking out loud, have you considered other possibilities to have this tested, say like the academic community? Surely some professor has a group of grad students in need of a project. Anyway, hang in there. I hope it works. I like that Yukon sitting in my driveway, but I sure don't like feeding it.
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Replying to: mattandi (Jun 06, 2008 5:54 am) That statement could also apply to Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd in Ghostbusters. They sure made me believe those devices worked, and he seemed sincere. 
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Replying to: kernick (Jun 06, 2008 8:41 am) Well, I had some misgivings about Venkman's sincerity.
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Replying to: mattandi (Jun 06, 2008 9:01 am)
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Replying to: texases (Jun 08, 2008 7:33 pm) People also used to think that if you went faster than 35mph you would burst into flames. I guess it's a good thing that people are willing to at least try instead of assuming that it's impossible, only because it hasn't been done. -Chris.
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