Plasma to produce clean bio-fuels using the GlidArc reactor

A plasma T.V. uses more juice to power itself up than a refrigerator. Using a 48-inch screen is bound to shoot up your electricity bill. LCD and LED screens are preferred over plasma screens. Maybe plasmas burn a hole in your pocket every time you find a power bill in your letter box, but the technology they use can produce clean fuels too! Don’t try punching a hole in your plasma screen for this. Albin Czernichowski, a professor at the University of Orleans in France came up with this sweet device called the GlidArc reactor which uses an electrically-charged cloud of gas that generates clean fuels from waste.

This reactor is as big as a refrigerator using gasification to turn waste into CO2 and hydrogen gas used to make biofuel. Making this reactor takes just a few days and costs around $10,000 with the materials found in your local hardware store.

[Inhabitat]