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New Tires Made of Oil from Orange Peels

Triad said:
Millions do every single day.

In fact the Orange Oil is eaten and used in numerous ways.
Any serious usage of it in tire production would be a negative not a positive. Very similar to the Corn fuel thing..or electric fuel thing...or battery fuel thing.
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For those people who eat oranges, they can do with their peels whatever they want to. However, do you have any idea of how many grocery stores there are in the United States? Literally tens of thousands, and they all stock orange juice. The factories that produce the juice also produce thousands of pounds of orange peels DAILY, which at the present time, are thrown out as garbage. This makes all those peels a valuable resource with which to make tires. It's essentially a no-brainer. Use garbage wisely, and import that much less crude oil from other nations. What isn't there to get about that? It's very simple.
 
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The Mark said:
Not directly. :doh (Although I am sure some do)

There are various recipes out there which use orange peel.

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And I am sure there are various other recipes (not to mention non-food uses) which, as Triad says, use orange oil.

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Using orange peel in recipes isn't what I was talking about. I've done that for years.....but to just bite into an orange peel? Yuck!

I can't imagine millions of people doing that.
 
danarhea said:
The factories that produce the juice also produce thousands of pounds of orange peels DAILY, which at the present time, are thrown out as garbage. This makes all those peels a valuable resource with which to make tires.
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How do you know that?
 
danarhea said:
For those people who eat oranges, they can do with their peels whatever they want to. However, do you have any idea of how many grocery stores there are in the United States? Literally tens of thousands, and they all stock orange juice. The factories that produce the juice also produce thousands of pounds of orange peels DAILY, which at the present time, are thrown out as garbage. This makes all those peels a valuable resource with which to make tires. It's essentially a no-brainer. Use garbage wisely, and import that much less crude oil from other nations. What isn't there to get about that? It's very simple.
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One cold flash and half the county has no tires.

Orange peels are not thrown in the garbage unless the company for some bizarre reason has no contract with another company that uses the peels for various purposes...or is producing something with the peels themselves.

Its not a no-brainer it like any other thing like this has applications it is an 'advance'..it is not a realistic solution to anything.
 
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Triad said:
Orange peels are not thrown in the garbage unless the company for some bizarre reason has no contract with another company that uses the peels for various purposes...or is producing something with the peels themselves.
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Quite true, it would be very bizarre for a company to "throw out as garbage" a resource that has a use and a market;

Citrus by-products

Citrus essential oils

Essential oils are volatile oils obtained from the citrus fruits peel´s sacks. They are used by the food industry to give flavor to drinks and foods. They are also a component for the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of medicines and soaps, perfumes and other cosmetics, as well as for home cleaning products.

For example, see Citrus and Allied Essences or Citrus Magic.

D-limonene

D-Limonene is a major component of the oil extracted from lemon and orange rinds or solids. It is considered as one of the purest sources of monocyclic terpene. It is used for industrial solvents and as an element for the synthesis of other chemical materials. It is also used as a flavor and aromatic component. See: d-Limonene: The Safe Citrus Solvent, Florida Chemical

Citrus pulp pellets

Citrus pulp pellets are the result of the conversion of peels and pulps that have been left behind once the juice has been extracted. They are used for animal breeding.
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Citrus fruit
 
missypea said:
Using orange peel in recipes isn't what I was talking about. I've done that for years.....but to just bite into an orange peel? Yuck!

I can't imagine millions of people doing that.
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Me neither.

Although I think I've tried it once or twice, but I don't remember...

However, I doubt that is what Triad meant by his post, which is why I responded.
 
danarhea said:
You read it right. A Japanese company is making tires that are not made from ANY petroleum product. The tires are composed of 20% rubber from rubber plants and 80% rubber from the oil in orange peels. Not only do these tires help to wean nations off of oil by their mere composition, but gas mileage is also slightly improved due to a 20% reduction in rolling resistance, which also helps to reduce oil dependency. Here is the video:

YouTube - YOKOHAMA RUBBER DNA Earth-1 : DigInfo

Article is here.

There is about to be a whole new meaning of the term "peeling out". You had to know this crack was coming. LOL.
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orange you glad you burned rubber !!
 
If they make tires for carrier based airplane will they be navel tires ?
 
If someone used these tires to win at Indy can we say that they eat the competition to a pulp ?
 
Some pretty juicy jokes here, but I think the humor has already been squeezed out of this topic. :mrgreen:
 
TOJ said:
Ya think it might make a difference if they use all available orange production from a 1000 acres of orange trees to get enough peels to produce enough rubber for fourteen tires? Might make the economics somewhat questionable.

Just guessing, but I'm thinking oranges will continue to be produced by trees and the rubber producers/tire makers will get them directly or indirectly from the growers.
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Now why would they buy it from the growers, if orange juice factories practically throw-away theirs? This might make your take on economics somewhat questionable. :doh

So you are saying that they will not use selective breeding and genetics to produce orange hybrids for higher oil production at the expense of juice and food production, if that is how they are the most valuable?
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orange peels...are garbage. That's the whole, you know, eco-friendly model behind the whole premise of making orange peel tires. The garbage aspect of it is suppose to be cost effective. If it's no longer garbage, then it's no longer cost effective.

I'm not the one going wild with excitement over every new scheme that comes along. That would be... you.
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I'm going wild with excitement? :2wave:
Then you must be delirious.

I just love how people post dictionary definitions as if they think it didn't apply to them. :roll:

Yes, TOJ, all the orange farmers will grow their oranges just to sell their peels. Delirious.
 
Lightdemon said:
Now why would they buy it from the growers, if orange juice factories practically throw-away theirs?

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Where ya getting your information on this? Could you post some proof juice factories practically throw away the peels as garbage or are you just making crap up again. :roll:


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TOJ said:
Where ya getting your information on this? Could you post some proof juice factories practically throw away the peels as garbage or are you just making crap up again. :roll:


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you mean making up crap like how it'll take 1000 acres of orange trees to produce 14 tires?

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TOJ said:
Where ya getting your information on this? Could you post some proof juice factories practically throw away the peels as garbage or are you just making crap up again. :roll:


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This is interesting: Orange Juice: How Products are Made

And the relevant section:
Byproducts/Waste
Byproducts from orange juice production come from the rind and pulp that is created as waste. Products made with these materials include dehydrated feed for livestock, pectin for use in making jellies, citric acid, essential oils, molasses, and candied peel. Certain fractions of orange oil (known as d-limonene), have excellent solvent properties and are sold for use in industrial cleaners.
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Lightdemon said:
And now add tires to that list.


Those nasty orange growers are going to engage in genetic engineering just like those evil companies that make molasses and candied peels. Aren't they, TOJ?
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I'm not the one that claimed orange peels were just waste. That would have been.... you. :shock:

I also did not claim it took 1000 acers of trees to make fourteen tires. I asked if anyone knew how much it took and you claimed it didn't matter since it is just garbage.

Are you always this dense or are you just having a good day. :2wave:

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Let's cut through all of this oranges crap and just use biotic engineering and fix up the rubber tree plant to just produce tires directly on the tree.
 
TOJ said:
I'm not the one that claimed orange peels were just waste. That would have been.... you. :shock:
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Sweety, it is waste. Did you not read the list? All those products were created by waste. You know? The stuff that is left over after they've taken out the juice?

But I'm curious now. How come you're not afraid of producers of jellies influencing farmers to grow oranges for their peels? How about those industrial cleaner companies that use orange oil? Hmm?

Now if we're going to see who claimed what, you'll notice that I'm not the one wearing the tin foil hat.

Genetic Modification........for waste. :roll:
 
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