Zeons Corporation (ZEON)

[Zardiw]

I'm not a chemical engineer, but I believe your assumption that soybeans contain 8,000 BTU/lb is what is driving your conclusion.

Theoretically, at an atomic level, there is enough energy in a pound of soybeans to leave a very large crater in the earth.

So we need to get back to the definition of BTU. British Thermal Unit. It is calculated by burning the item in question and measuring the heat generated. Burning can loosely be defined as combining with oxygen.

Now I don't know the details of the chemical process involved, but I think it depends on what the original soybeans are converted to during that process.

And the BTU's of burning soybeans, and the BTU's generated by burning the resulting product, are two very different things.

There are no BTU's in water for example. However there are a LOT of BTU's in hydrogen, which is a large component of water. Separating the hydrogen from the oxygen requires energy of course. But with an organic substance, a catalyst can be used to aid the conversion.........I believe THAT is where the apparent energy gain is created......It's a conversion issue, not a violation of the basic laws of physics issue........z