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The world is in the midst of an energy crisis, the details of
which are well known. There are alternative energy
sources. Unfortunately, they all muck up the landscape
and/or use large quantities of raw materials. It is currently
more effective (economically and environmentally) to use
conventional
power and remediate their adverse effects.
This proposal uses existing technology to burn whatever
fuel is cheapest (closest, most abundant, least costly to
produce, etc), and simply filter the harmful by-products
from the gas produced.
The cigarette filter is a miracle of modern technology. It
allows a person to inhale the smoke of burning tobacco with
impunity. Smart, health-conscious smokers purchase only
filtered cigarettes.
It was disclosed recently in the annos of a HalfBakery idea
[link], that these filters are capable of removing harmful
gases from burning rubber, feathers, tarred rope--or
almost anything.
I propose we burn whatever is at hand and install giant
filters made of cigarette filter material on the output--
mission accomplished. Clean, cheap energy.
Smoking Deterrent Device
Smoking_20deterrent_20device
Annotation from Maxwell Buchanan, et al, re inhaling smoke from various materials. [Boomershine, Sep 21 2010]
[link]
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We can bury the used filters under Yucca Mountain. |
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Smoke stack filters are [marked for deletion] widely
known to exist, considerably more complex than
cigarette filters, and expensive. And given that
cigarette filters have no active components (with
the exception of certain varieties that use activated
charcoal), they don't filter anything gaseous, just
particulate. |
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//..they don't filter anything gaseous, just
particulate.// |
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Tell this to [Maxwell Buchanan]. I'm taking his
(implied) word that cigarette filters take the bad
shit right out of anything you burn. |
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I bet there are a lot of smokers who would deny the
truth of your 'facts,' to say nothing of tobacco
companies. |
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This idea is cheaper and less complex, so it gets
MFD? |
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Cheaper, less complex, but also [marked-for-deletion] bad science. |
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A simple cellulose fibrous filter, which is all most
cigarette filters are does not do anything to filter
gasses. An activated carbon filter, which some
manufacturers include in a capsule that is broken
or dissolves when heated, will remove some but
not all organic components from the smoke.
None of the above will remove sulfur dioxide,
CO2, CO, etc. |
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The very first smokestack filters were screens or
particulate filters to remove fly ash. This is
exactly what you are proposing. |
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Current scrubbers remove Sulfur compounds and
some nitrogen compounds at the least, and
catalyze CO into CO2. CO2 scrubbers are being
developed, I'm not sure if they're in production
yet. |
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Ok, I KNOW it's bad science. I guess I haven't
figured out the HB code of what-will-work-as-a-
tongue-in-cheek idea. |
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I had hoped that: //Smart, health-conscious
smokers purchase only filtered cigarettes// would
make this an almost obvious joke. I guess not. |
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I should have added some kind of anti-gravity
device. |
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Consider this newbie folly. |
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Meh, I tend to be one of the 'bakers that takes things more seriously, but yeah, this didn't read as satire, next time include custard. |
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[ME] At the risk of opening myself to a flood of crap
(not from you), would you mind filling me on the
custard thing? I see references to it here all the
time. |
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Lab rats seem to absorb carsinogens pretty well, let's filter the gas through lab rat farms. I'm sure PETA would understand. It's not like they're squirrels or anything. |
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//...let's filter the gas through lab rat farms. I'm sure
PETA would understand. It's not like they're squirrels
or anything.// |
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This is BRILLIANT! I hope you are writing this up as an
idea for HB right now. Lab Rat Filters! WDITOT?!?! |
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(MechE suggests adding custard...) |
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I actually have no clue, it predates me. I think it was originally pulled in as an example of non-newtonian fluid and then kind of metastasized. |
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Use custard-impregnated fabric as a filter to absorb particulates and some of the gases. Feed the dirty custard to the lab rats. When the rats die, autopsy the corpses to study the effects of the toxic smoke components. When the autopsy is finished, grind and dry the corpses and feed them to chickens. With the eggs from the chickens, make more custard............... |
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[Freefall] That's the spirit! |
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You might care to research the history of DDT and its effect on eggs as it became concentrated in the food chain, [Freefall]. |
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[infidel] It's not a custard machine. If you follow
[Freefall]'s flawless circular logic, you will realize
that no one eats the custard. It goes back to the
filters. Self-contained, infinitely sustainable, --
>almost<-- perpetual, free lunch-like elegance in
design. |
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[infidel] DDT is actually *good* for you. The whole _Silent
Spring_ thing was a scam by malaria-loving radicals. But
fortunately bedbugs are making a comeback, and that should
bring people to their senses. |
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You mean like a scrubber or carbon capture? |
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