Comments on: Teen’s Winning Science Fair Project Could Turn Tire Dumps Into Power Stations

By: kctceachr

kctceachr — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:50:42 +0000

Spoke with him at the nationals last year. Best project there imho. He showed great ingenuity and enthusiasm. Hope that lots of good comes of this research.

By: Janis

Janis — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:20:39 +0000

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By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:46:01 +0000

What this article doesn’t mention is that carbon is still released during the process, so it is about the same as burning them for fuel although more efficient.

By: Energy Conservation

Energy Conservation — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:51:40 +0000

There’s at least 10 of these “Science fair project can change the world” articles a year. I’m waiting on one that delivers.

By: Ewan Scott

Ewan Scott — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:39:57 +0000

The use of tyres as Tyre Derived Fuel, or as a fossil fuel substitute in cement kilns is one of the most efficient ways of disposing of large volumes of waste tyres. However, it is also one of the least efficient uses for waste tyres as the natural resources they contain are simply burnt. (Allowing for any catalytic effect in cement production).

We need to find other ways of recycling, the products or recovering the natural materials from tyres – which actually contain high value chemical compounds such as Limonene, as well as carbon black, oil (which if recovered in a quality process should be useful as a fuel other than “bunker fuel” burned by ships at sea.

Bio-degradation of hirtoric tyre dumps may be an option but for new arisings?

By: Kiwiiano

Kiwiiano — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:45:54 +0000

Used tires should be regarded as a valuable resource for the cement industry. Suitably shredded they burn very well in the kilns and in fact the metal from the steel-belted radials catalyses the reaction that turns limestone into cement.

By: Plastic Bagger

Plastic Bagger — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:10:14 +0000

Awesome that there’s another way to deal with our rubber problems, the first being for roads and the second being a machine and chemical process that turns synthetic rubber (i.e. tires) back into usable oil. As for plastic bags, so what? The bacteria that eats plastic has already been discovered. There’s also some stores that keep a recycling bin just for plastic bags. I’m really not all that concerned that plastic is still the popular choice.

By: Hate Clarkson

Hate Clarkson — Mon, 31 May 2010 06:34:15 +0000

Hi readers. I’m not sure what the topic is when clarkson is saying something against agripina. But I think the old tires=energy is a good thing. also i think reusable bags can help. so, clarkson if you’re against anything that is good then I think we should all dump our plastics and old tires on your house.

now, you could also do yourself a favo, start thinking green.

By: Clarkson

Clarkson — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:38:28 +0000

Some lady tried that one with me, when I was on holidays in Victoria BC, Canada. When I kindly pointed out that I was ON #$%^&* HOLIDAYS and didn’t own any ‘green’ bags, nor was I interested in buying them and packing them back home in an already stuffed tight suitcase, I was met with a flurry of negativity and hateful comments. Welcome to Canada!

Agripina Biagi, if you tried this on me, watch out. You have no idea who that person is, what they are doing there, or where they live. Maybe they forgot their bags, maybe they are visiting, maybe… who knows?

Do YOURSELF a favor, and stick with keeping your mouth shut, before you embarrass yourself publicly. The last thing anyone wants to hear while grocery shopping is some pedantic hippie preaching to them. But expected from a webmaster peddling ‘Green’ products. See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya.

By: Agripina Biagi

Agripina Biagi — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:17:34 +0000

I see people using plastic bags in the grocery store every weekend. It makes me angry sometimes. When will our local government ban these ugly plastic bags? Sometimes, I wanted to tell the people in line to just bring their own plastic bags or get a few of durable green supply bags. These bags last me a long time. I even don’t remember the last time I paid for the bags. Do yourself a favor, buy a few of these reusable bags and put them in your car. Even better, give it to the nice person in front of the line when you see he/she is asking for plastic bags.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:58:20 +0000

I am so glad to have met Kyle at the NYSF in Australia.
It’s very inspiring to see someone so young come up with such a new and inventive idea.
Keep up the fantastic work kyle!

By: Ark Animals

Ark Animals — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:45:33 +0000

Awesome, in the face of some of the challenges we have it is my hope that technology and other creative minds come up with solutions.

Glad this kid came up with the idea and pursued it. Hope to see more things from him in the future–worth more than $10,000 for college I’d say!