Gas + Styrofoam… As I recall, Abbie Hoffman’s Steal This Book described how to make Molotov cocktails using that combination!

[...] dreaded un-biodegradable Styrofoam may be able to make a contribution to the environment after all .Read more…  Mail this post Category: Biodiesel You can follow any responses to this entry through [...]

I’m no chemist, but this article only addresses the improvement in PERFORMANCE by adding styrofoam to biodiesel. What are the environmental implications then burning that mixture and releasing the byproducts into the air? You know what? Blowing up mountains to get at the coal underneath also dramatically improved the EFFICIENCY of that process too. Please tell me folks are not seriously considering doing this without some investigation in to the environmental impacts.

my local environmentally conscious coffee shop uses styrofoam cups because they are more efficient to recycle than paper and can be recycled more times, or something like that. they have a special bin for them inbetween the recycle and the trash.

@Carol Davis
You could read the fine article and find out:

“The new fuel mix is not without its problems, however – as the concentration of polystyrene increases, so do emissions of carbon monoxide, soot, and nitrous oxides.”

However,
“…as long as emissions can be brought back into line, adding polystyrene into fuel makes sense….
Polystyrene is so lightweight and bulky that it’s uneconomical to ship to recycling plants. “Technologies like this where you get energy back would be preferable to landfilling,” Malloy says.”

biofuel is better than electricity energy for my car.