Word: soote
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lowell House O-entry, workmen have cleared York's former room and are now washing the soot from the walls. York will be moving to South House...
...Union Electric will build several collection yards where the refuse will be transferred from private or municipal trucks to rail cars. At the power plants, recyclable materials (iron, steel, aluminum and glass) will be removed and the rest of the wastes burned. Antipollution devices will trap and treat soot and gases in the smokestacks...
...that may be the most welcome alchemy of all. Cottell claims that in a furnace a blend of three parts oil and one part water burns so much more cleanly and efficiently than ordinary oil that it can cut fuel consumption by at least 20% while producing almost no soot or ash. He also claims that road tests show that a car can run on 18% water and 82% gasoline, with such a low output of pollutants that the engine does not need the mileage-robbing emission-control devices required on new cars. Similar results are reported by University...
...with mixtures of oil and watter. He broke them down in his reactor, and the tiny droplets of oil absorbed and encapsulated much tinier droplets of water. The emulsion burned so cleanly in his home furnace that, after months of testing, the fire had even oxidized away caked-on soot from the inner surfaces of the pipes. As a surprise bonus, says Cottell, the old furnace's fuel consumption fell...
FURNACES: Cleaning a furnace once a year costs about $50 and is well worth it. A layer of soot just one-fiftieth of an inch thick can reduce an oil burner's efficiency by 50%. Radiators should be dusted regularly...