To: zen_lunatic420 who wrote (106279 ) 12/30/2011 12:59:15 PM From: Rawnoc Respond to of 120405 "I challenge any JBII pumper to come back to this post one year from now and tell me I was the one that was wrong." You were wrong that was wrong. Zen lunatic420 Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:34:54 AM Re: b9molecule post# 1584Post # of 5354 JBII: It seams to me that if they were serious about bringing the P2O to market, they would have hired a reputable engineering consultant to prepare plans and specifications for system design and installation before hiring a PR firm. I don't see that JBII has even put forth any truely qualitiative or quantitative analysis of the proccess. There's some random tidbits here and there, but nothing that shows they've really evaluated the materials balances, operating costs, and permitting requirements for the P20 system that will ultimately determine if it's viable or not in the real world . What's the catalyst expenditure rate? How often will residues need to be cleaned from the reactor, how will they need to be disposed of, what will that cost, etc., etc.? But their PR about getting their first batch of snake oil tested by an independant third pary lab seams to have allayed the technical concerns for their non-technical investors. No one following it really seams to have the background to understand that just because it passsed one test to meet the general description of low sulfer oil doesn't mean it will meet other parameters required for acceptance into a refinery. The one big red flag I see is the potential for traces of chlorinated contaminants in the product....or in the gasses from the proccess that they're planning in burning to provide heat to the process . The air emissions from the boiler unit that burns the gaseous content released from the proccess are a serious issue. There can be a lot of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) in a mixed bag of melted or reacted plastics (especially if there's PVC in it)....and it's going to require an air permit....and maybe some emissions control units. As one example of what can be found in a mizxed bag of plastics, incineration of PVC causes the release of dioxins, which are highly toxic and highly regulated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_dibenzodioxins I challenge any JBII pumper to come back to this post one year from now and tell me I was the one that was wrong.