Re: Trash-Bot

["Tim Williams" <tmoranwms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Phil Hobbs" <pcdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43D12996.50808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   C'mon, guys, all this stuff is _way_ too complicated.  It's not the
> _robot_ you need to place accurately, it's the _trash_.  I recommend
> using Kevlar-reinforced bags, an extra-heavy-duty trash can, a bit of
> silicon carbide and water, and a spark plug--ta-daa! the Trash Cannon.
  ^ ^ ^ ^

SiC + 2H2O > SiO2(passivates) + CH4
(with some insane activation energy around white heat, I'm sure)

Wrong carbide ;-)

Tim ("Damnit Jim I'm a doctor not an escalator")

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