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the end of Hybrid is nigh as well? --- Updated 09:50 AM Oct 21, 2012 LONDON - A small British company has developed a way to create petrol from air and water, technology it hopes may one day contribute to large-scale production of green fuels. Engineers at Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) in Teeside, northern England, say they have produced 5 litres of synthetic petrol over a period of three months. The technique involves extracting carbon dioxide from air and hydrogen from water, and combining them in a reactor with a catalyst to make methanol. The methanol is then converted into petrol. By using renewable energy to power the process, it is possible to create carbon-neutral fuel that can be used in an identical way to standard petrol, scientists behind the technology say. "It's actually cleaner because it's synthetic," Mr Peter Harrison, chief executive officer of AFS, said in an interview. "You just make what you need to make in terms of the contents of it, so it doesn't contain what might be seen as pollutants, like sulphur," he said. The work is part of a two-year project that has so far cost around

Chinese man claims he found condom in infant formula The milk powder that was apparently affected is produced by American pharmaceuticals giant Abbott Laboratories. Wed, Mar 21, 2012 China Daily/Asia News Network A Hangzhou man got a rude shock while feeding his 14-month-old daughter recently. Mr Li Jiaming, 28, says he found half a condom in his daughter's formula, a brand of milk powder produced by American pharmaceuticals giant Abbott Laboratories. 'I was shocked when I discovered a condom in the baby's milk powder,' said Mr Li. 'I stopped feeding her the milk powder and got her some rice porridge instead.' A representative of Abbott Laboratories visited Mr Li's home last week. However, a spokesman denied 'the possibility of this item entering the product during the manufacturing process', due to Abbott's 'very stringent manufacturing methods and controls in place to prevent foreign material from entering the formulas'. Mr Li sent a sample of the milk powder - Abbott's Grain Plus 3 formula - to a commercial bureau to be tested. The results are expected on Friday. He also took his daughter to a hospital for blood tests after observing some erythema on her face, but said he doubted that it was caused by the milk powder.

Subject: Fw:Improvements in Hell Improvements in Hell An engineer died and ended up in Hell. He was not pleased with the level of comfort in Hell, and began to redesign and build improvements. After awhile, they had toilets that flush, air conditioning, and escalators. Everyone grew very fond of him. One day God called to Satan to mock him, "So, how's it going down there in Hell?" Satan replied, "Hey, things are great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next." God was surprised, "What? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake. He should never have gotten down there in the first place. Send him back up here." "No way," replied Satan. "I like having an engineer, and I'm keeping him." God threatened, "Send him back up here now or I'll sue!" Satan laughed and answered, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"

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Who is SYF77?? At first I thought opportunties in Sillypore...Then I read is in Germany...Anyone of you really care if they are employing more engineers in Germany or not? [laugh]

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