Extracting Jet Fuel From GumWeed

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  • Опубліковано 14 вер 2018
  • NurdRage: • Lab Equipment: The Cle...
    Gum weed fuel: www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/1...
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  • @RaimarLunardi
    @RaimarLunardi 5 років тому +3820

    "Smells like kerosene, let's taste it!" - Cody 2018

  • @arthurmorgan1960
    @arthurmorgan1960 5 років тому +1423

    Next video extracting anti matter from ant semen.

    • @arthurmorgan1960
      @arthurmorgan1960 5 років тому +15

      Squiggummer Figgammus XDD

    • @dadillen5902
      @dadillen5902 5 років тому +26

      Silly human everybody knows there's no antimatter in Ant semen it's dark matter

    • @antimatter4733
      @antimatter4733 5 років тому +22

      You called?

    • @kingplotato6025
      @kingplotato6025 5 років тому +16

      Or is it ant matter

    • @FezTheSpaceBiker
      @FezTheSpaceBiker 5 років тому +5

      Extracting 9/11 conspiracy theories from Flat Earthers

  • @chudat5983
    @chudat5983 5 років тому +1166

    If this guy suddenly stops posting one day, you know why.

    • @thehen101
      @thehen101 5 років тому +102

      he smoked too much gumweed

    • @zigg8798
      @zigg8798 5 років тому +25

      Demonetized

    • @jacobgelven7194
      @jacobgelven7194 5 років тому +41

      Chu Dat what, can’t he upload from mars?

    • @ymir8599
      @ymir8599 5 років тому +2

      @@jacobgelven7194 what are you talking about??

    • @justADeni
      @justADeni 5 років тому +29

      @@ymir8599 i bet he is living on mars secretly and he has already terraformed the planet

  • @larvitardratini5965
    @larvitardratini5965 5 років тому +603

    Can you do a tutorial on how to set up the spoon?

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry3790 5 років тому +3116

    You know it’s Cody’sLab when he has to worry about the military doing it first.

    • @masterplay1201
      @masterplay1201 5 років тому +26

      Cody is plain awesome.

    • @codyv308
      @codyv308 5 років тому +7

      MasterPlay no, you're awesome

    • @DaniAurora23
      @DaniAurora23 5 років тому +103

      I'm pretty sure the military goes to cody's patreon for ideas lol

    • @robertr.hasspacher7731
      @robertr.hasspacher7731 5 років тому +17

      The Navy has a system that can build jet fuel hydrocarbons out of nothing but seawater and electricity. Would actually be quite a measure cheaper than sourcing from fossil fuels.

    • @omelette6422
      @omelette6422 5 років тому +7

      Well there's a non-zero amount of CO2 in the atmosphere too. idk if it's a large enough amount, but it works for plants.

  • @RubixB0y
    @RubixB0y 5 років тому +250

    Missed title opportunity: Making Jet Fuel from Weed

    • @Chiaros
      @Chiaros 5 років тому +40

      Weed fuel can't melt steel beams!

    • @CreaperSiege
      @CreaperSiege 5 років тому +21

      Георги Ставрев
      I'd go far as to say that the more weed fuel you have in the world, the less people want to melt steel beams in the first place.

    • @EdwinCristobal
      @EdwinCristobal 5 років тому +4

      D E M O N E T I Z E D

    • @minsin56
      @minsin56 5 років тому

      clickbait 101

    • @Taydrum
      @Taydrum 5 років тому

      Weed fuel can't melt your mind

  • @carsonrush3352
    @carsonrush3352 5 років тому +360

    If you're smelling gumweed in the room where it wasn't before, then you're boiling it out the top.

    • @asdfald7475
      @asdfald7475 5 років тому +9

      thanks for that life lesson

    • @nathansmith3608
      @nathansmith3608 5 років тому +51

      if you're getting less than 100% efficiency in your processes though, at least you know you're on the right side of the law of thermodynamics

    • @-Honeybee
      @-Honeybee 4 роки тому +7

      @@nathansmith3608 the argument could be had we'd rather not, though.

    • @EllipticNGC
      @EllipticNGC 3 роки тому

      I read the title and everything as cumweed

  • @kieranodea771
    @kieranodea771 5 років тому +99

    You need to use more water Cody, half of the plant matter should be soaked with water. It looks pretty dry in you bottom flask. Also try blending your plant matter for a better yield.

    • @JustIn-sr1xe
      @JustIn-sr1xe 2 роки тому +8

      More surface area, more product.

    • @PauIieWalnuts
      @PauIieWalnuts 6 місяців тому +2

      If he broke up the gum weed it might have released trapped oils.

  • @doubledarefan
    @doubledarefan 5 років тому +714

    Cody could almost build an actual jet (and fuel it, too) from raw materials found on his own property.

    • @natalieisagirlnow
      @natalieisagirlnow 5 років тому +12

      given 100 years

    • @dawidex333
      @dawidex333 5 років тому +108

      "Making f-16 fighter jet using cans and urine"

    • @Hundura
      @Hundura 5 років тому +84

      “Hi everybody, welcome back to Cody’s lab. Today I found 2 sticks in my backyard..... let’s see if we can turn this into an X-32 Fighter Jet shall we.”
      -Cody

    • @lh3178
      @lh3178 5 років тому +14

      HTME/Cody’s Lab crossover on how to make a jet (and use it to keep the government from taking it away)

    • @yushatak
      @yushatak 5 років тому +2

      Almost? xD I don't see what he's missing, to be honest.

  • @f42099
    @f42099 5 років тому +915

    "So i've got a spoon set up here". What a god. Where did he learn to set up a spoon so efficiently?

    • @explosu
      @explosu 5 років тому +82

      The angle it sits at... the sheer grace of it... and it's clean! Every time I set up a spoon it's just covered in leftover kraft mac & cheese!

    • @lordfrostdraken
      @lordfrostdraken 5 років тому +37

      Its cody, i bet he could have done it with a fork too, hes a genius

    • @Bishka100
      @Bishka100 5 років тому +32

      Did you also notice how he expertly tested the flames thermal output @ 5:59?

    • @protodroidstuff
      @protodroidstuff 5 років тому +2

      I gagged

    • @Dexter-qy5bl
      @Dexter-qy5bl 4 роки тому +8

      At a drug convention

  • @Zach-wl6kb
    @Zach-wl6kb 5 років тому +366

    Every science class I’ve ever been in:
    “never taste the experiments”
    Cody’s Lab:
    “I’m going to taste it”

    • @martynaskerdokas8438
      @martynaskerdokas8438 4 роки тому +6

      Zach S i always taste when im making KOH crystals to make sure it is the right substance

    • @ManTheBush
      @ManTheBush 4 роки тому +8

      Tasting used to be an important part of early chemistry

    • @giuseppebonatici7169
      @giuseppebonatici7169 4 роки тому +1

      you didn't have enough geology then.

    • @giannis_m
      @giannis_m 2 роки тому

      @@ManTheBush To be fair early chemistry was much more dangerous. I wouldn't wanna touch anything in an alchemist's lab, there would be mercury everywhere.

    • @evelyncarsten6660
      @evelyncarsten6660 Рік тому +1

      Well, in fairness - it's the known product of essentially boiling a non-poisonous plant. You could honestly argue for it to be a seperated gumweed tea

  • @Draakdarkmaster6
    @Draakdarkmaster6 4 роки тому +70

    it burns for a long time and very cleanly, seems to me it'd make a very good low octane fuel for some kind of generator, to reduce fuel upkeep

    • @Arcanefungus
      @Arcanefungus 2 роки тому +11

      If you use a burner type generator id probably just chuck the whole plant in...

    • @whoknows8225
      @whoknows8225 Рік тому +2

      @@Arcanefungus .2% is oil, you'll be burning 99.8% just making heat and CO2.

    • @reeman2.0
      @reeman2.0 5 місяців тому +1

      @@whoknows8225 Isn't making heat the exact point of a burner generator?

  • @hypercube5276
    @hypercube5276 5 років тому +704

    Me: A spoon
    Cody, an intellectual: 5:25 "A spoon setup"

    • @RENO_K
      @RENO_K 5 років тому +3

      Lol yep

    • @Kezbardo
      @Kezbardo 5 років тому +51

      I think he said set up like a verb not a noun

    • @twizz420
      @twizz420 5 років тому +25

      He has a spoon set up. Not a spoon setup.

    • @hypercube5276
      @hypercube5276 5 років тому +12

      That's "the joke".

    • @Kezbardo
      @Kezbardo 5 років тому +16

      Hypercube 527 is "the joke" in quoation marks because it's not a good joke?

  • @HankHill4
    @HankHill4 5 років тому +1128

    Amazing renewable fuel it’s kind of like propane but it’s a liquid not a gas oh how I love the smell of propane and propane accessories

    • @milesrowe2263
      @milesrowe2263 5 років тому +27

      How's Bobby and bill?

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 5 років тому +17

      "Wut? That boy ain't right. I sell propane and propane asseries. Wahhh!"
      The King Of The Hill was funny, still overrated though.

    • @milesrowe2263
      @milesrowe2263 5 років тому +16

      @@robinhyperlord9053 better then family guy or any of the new shit

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 5 років тому

      @@milesrowe2263
      FG us not as one dimensional.

    • @serialexperimentsdave7213
      @serialexperimentsdave7213 5 років тому +20

      Gumweed oil is a bastard fuel

  • @christopyper1287
    @christopyper1287 5 років тому +105

    I love how Cody refers to the ranch as his backyard

  • @t.b.d6294
    @t.b.d6294 5 років тому +407

    perhaps if the plant was crushed instead of cut it could yield more oil.

    • @pipettejockey7464
      @pipettejockey7464 5 років тому +58

      Not sure if the essential oils are coming from trichomes or maybe something in the pods, but drying the plants bone dry and blending it into a powder would likely increase yields, could be by a little, could be by a fair bit.

    • @Paul-gz5dp
      @Paul-gz5dp 5 років тому +17

      You mean as is done with many other materials?
      Such as pressing with heat, and the reason for using steam is that it works with light volatiles and is limited more in the level of heat applied, and is better for getting essential oils when there is so much more dry materials than there is oil. This is the same process that is used to obtain Rose oil and many others. However it does not work with oils with a much higher boiling point than water.

    • @darkhorseman8263
      @darkhorseman8263 5 років тому +4

      Lightly slashed then crushed. Denaturation works well.

    • @schhhh
      @schhhh 5 років тому +14

      Really putting your Harry Potter knowledge to use.

    • @georgehays4908
      @georgehays4908 5 років тому +1

      .........I would use the Isomizer style reduction . Strip all the resins along with the volatile . I ❤ my Michigan medical reductions like wax ! Peace !

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous 5 років тому +680

    That stuff would make a good lamp fuel from how it burns.

    • @zer0b0t
      @zer0b0t 5 років тому +90

      I bet that's his final goal, he's a prepper.

    • @spine2788
      @spine2788 5 років тому +12

      that would explain so much

    • @chadoftoons
      @chadoftoons 5 років тому +13

      Yeah i thought so too but i think i'd take a bit to much effort for an hour to get enough oil without just killing all the plants that his bees like
      Over a year though you might be able to get alot of lamp oil like this

    • @Bob5mith
      @Bob5mith 5 років тому +36

      Kerosene is probably cheaper than the electricity he'd use to distill an equivalent amount of oil, not to mention the time and effort. Firewood doesn't appear to be abundant for long term post-SHTF processing. Maybe if he developed a way to distill it with direct solar heating, but the return on time investment is still an issue.

    • @GrowingDownUnder
      @GrowingDownUnder 5 років тому +19

      I don't get why he didn't just use a rosin press

  • @TheRedKnight101
    @TheRedKnight101 5 років тому +357

    So Cody is refining uranium, manufacturing explosives, and extracting jet fuel...

    • @CryptoDatabase
      @CryptoDatabase 5 років тому +82

      There will be a video in the future labeled "The FBI came to my ranch" or in a news article "Local ranch raided by the FBI""

    • @drearyplane8259
      @drearyplane8259 5 років тому +72

      It's revenge for the sugar beet incident

    • @microlobbies2378
      @microlobbies2378 5 років тому +62

      Ranch owner succeeds and declares war on United States with nukes

    • @acada6594
      @acada6594 5 років тому +5

      If Cody needs some part of their ranch to be plowed, we can call the agency, there is some explosives or uranium hidden in underground.

    • @philipp7823
      @philipp7823 5 років тому +15

      maybe hes using the explosive and uranium to make a nuke, and use the jet fuel to fly the bomber

  • @psun256
    @psun256 4 роки тому +15

    Later on Primitive technology:
    Molokov cocktail in the wild

  • @mr.techaky7655
    @mr.techaky7655 5 років тому +730

    *GuMWeEd fUeL CaN'T MelT STeEl BeAms*

    • @TheDeadMeme27
      @TheDeadMeme27 5 років тому +17

      lmao good one

    • @sarttee
      @sarttee 5 років тому +73

      America invades Codys backyard, when plants found produce OIL

    • @AerusalePhoxJr
      @AerusalePhoxJr 5 років тому +11

      Steel Beans

    • @araane
      @araane 5 років тому +15

      Steel spoons

    • @ericknabenshue5689
      @ericknabenshue5689 5 років тому +6

      You better change your tone before we fire you and hire someone who says they can

  • @gamingscientist7445
    @gamingscientist7445 5 років тому +22

    Sounds like a breeding experiment is in order. Breed a strain of the plant that produces a heavy amount of oil, thereby improving your output yield. After that, it's just a matter of improving your distillation apparatus. Might be able to produce a viable product.

  • @NurdRage
    @NurdRage 5 років тому +116

    excellent work!

    • @Sodabowski
      @Sodabowski 5 років тому +3

      Dude, you should make a video about the different types of condensers, so Cody gets a hint and stops using a Liebig where an Allihn is mandatory! So many losses to the wrong piece of glassware! Back when I studied to become a Physics & Chemistry teacher I was constantly amased at the poor choices that my classmates did. Oh, the delicate smell of DCM when you don't expect it! Cheers, and thanks to both of you for the vids. Can't support you guys yet but I thought a bit of constructive criticism, yet with a pinch of sarcasm, could help ;)

    • @Matando
      @Matando 5 років тому +1

      Collaboration video when? It's ok Cody is trustworthy.

  • @leethalvinylarrival4712
    @leethalvinylarrival4712 5 років тому +12

    Getting all that weed back out of the flask must've sucked

    • @thalivenom4972
      @thalivenom4972 3 роки тому +1

      metho, and a match. carbon can be washed out with acetone.

  • @jonmantooth5804
    @jonmantooth5804 4 роки тому +6

    this makes me feel like I can do science experiments with my bong.

  • @ipkandskill
    @ipkandskill 5 років тому +231

    I would be interested in seeing some test applications of this. Say in a small 2 stroke engine, maybe a small model rocket. Things like that, I'm sure you have other ideas for things that could works as fuel. It could be an interesting series if that's something your interested in.

    • @monowavy
      @monowavy 5 років тому +7

      interesting interests.

    • @r3dp9
      @r3dp9 5 років тому +34

      "Cody's Rocket Lab" Mini-Series
      Or maybe... "Kody's Space Program"? ^_^

    • @blameusa7082
      @blameusa7082 5 років тому +7

      You go harvest 500 tonnes and send it to Cody!

    • @Nightxp
      @Nightxp 5 років тому +8

      This would be perfect for the ‘Project Farms’ channel where he tests engines with all sorts of different things and see what effect they have for better or worse. Oh man please Cody get in touch the them that would be an awesome collaboration!

    • @littlegandhi1199
      @littlegandhi1199 5 років тому

      I just watched a video on oranges and how they contain something exactly like gasoline "non polar... Something something"

  • @aveoxus1139
    @aveoxus1139 5 років тому +26

    Cody it's also a project of the military to use a plastic made from dandelions to make tank treads. Plus it makes good tea lol

    • @myownidenity4955
      @myownidenity4955 5 років тому

      Alex Maguire OSU is making latex from dandelions

  • @williamsmith455
    @williamsmith455 5 років тому +2

    You could try boiling it in a pressure cooker, take the steam off that and separate the essential oil using this process, but then you should also have some heavier oil on the surface of your water in the pressure cooker. Right now you are getting only the lightest oil that evaporates easily. (I think)

  • @dylanpritchard4981
    @dylanpritchard4981 5 років тому +2

    I remember finding this channel a few years ago. Crazy how Cody is still managing to contour up something amazing!

  • @OneOfDisease
    @OneOfDisease 5 років тому +25

    Cody don't stop because you saw an article, there is a huge difference between a proof of concept for running a car on weed or vs a jet on said weed oil. If the US Mil thought the plant had so much potential I think you should expand your testing.

  • @Pheorize
    @Pheorize 5 років тому +15

    "So...I don't think will be good to add to soap or perfumes any times soon. But, let's go see if it burns!"
    I just love Cody's mind, that jumps from fragrances to flammability immediately

  • @Florreking
    @Florreking 5 років тому +68

    Extracting jet fuel from steel beams

    • @innerg_92
      @innerg_92 5 років тому +14

      only the ones found in NY.

    • @BezdomniakPL
      @BezdomniakPL 5 років тому +2

      from weed beams

    • @justADeni
      @justADeni 5 років тому +8

      @@innerg_92 especially in twins

  • @MrSmokyFly
    @MrSmokyFly 4 роки тому +7

    Cody, you're a real inspiration to go out and learn. You have awesome ideas!

  • @xdoods
    @xdoods 5 років тому +142

    Not a Cody video if he doesn't taste his sample.

    • @Mark-dc1su
      @Mark-dc1su 5 років тому +2

      I haven't seen those videos...

    • @derAlphawolf9
      @derAlphawolf9 5 років тому +1

      Thats what I thought as well😂

    • @johnpossum556
      @johnpossum556 5 років тому

      its been awhile since he's done this much, try the cyanide video where he talks about dilution

  • @DeutscheDemokratischeRepublik
    @DeutscheDemokratischeRepublik 5 років тому +219

    Were smoking rocketfuel from now on guys, lets make a joint

  • @shiroyasha4995
    @shiroyasha4995 5 років тому +124

    im waiting for the US army to invade cody's home since he made oil

  • @PsychedelicMindFluid
    @PsychedelicMindFluid 4 роки тому +11

    I feel like you'd love permaculture -- and you definitely have the land for it! I would certainly watch a Cody-style gardening series!

    • @cabbageman
      @cabbageman 4 роки тому

      Is this a joke? He's had a gardening series for years

  • @libratyanjhon3959
    @libratyanjhon3959 5 років тому +119

    GumWeed? My childhood called that "little sunny flower" and it was on my frontyard..

    • @lutyanoalves444
      @lutyanoalves444 5 років тому +22

      Little did Jhon know, the sunflowers on his frontyard were actually WEED

    • @seniorvenusdigital3904
      @seniorvenusdigital3904 5 років тому +4

      You have Weeds. Gumweed is a desert weed.

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening 5 років тому +2

      I think you're thinking of dandelions
      Unless you live a dry place like Arizona

    • @SoftBreadSoft
      @SoftBreadSoft 5 років тому +7

      Weed is a relative term. One man's weed is another man's food or poultice.

    • @Guru_1092
      @Guru_1092 5 років тому

      @@SoftBreadSoft Was just about to say this.

  • @borkmaster2726
    @borkmaster2726 5 років тому +51

    But the real question remains... Will you soon build a fully functional jet in your backyard?

  • @HazySkies
    @HazySkies 5 років тому +3

    I never fail to be fascinated by the content you make. Chemical reactions, extractions, mining, farming bees and plants. Keep doing what you do ^-^

  • @remen_emperor
    @remen_emperor 5 років тому

    So, just found out that one of two plants in my lawn has flammable oils in it. Immediately, I thought of this video to see what extracting said oils may entail.
    Thank you for sharing your projects, as you've been the inspiration and accidental guide for many people.
    I wanted to show my appreciation before I try anything, just as a habit.

  • @drunkenhobo8020
    @drunkenhobo8020 5 років тому +201

    So, how long until demonetised for having "weed" in the title?

    • @parkerproffitt3012
      @parkerproffitt3012 5 років тому +12

      UA-cam probably thinks weed is a good thing (I'm not getting into that argument.)

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 5 років тому +20

      Would depend on the advertisers really. Budweiser wouldn't like the potential competition, but Doritos, Mountain Dew and M'Lady's Finest Fedoras would be right in at their target audience.

    • @JohnDoe-tx8eu
      @JohnDoe-tx8eu 5 років тому +1

      @@parkerproffitt3012 you already did by just saying that lol

    • @JohnDoe-tx8eu
      @JohnDoe-tx8eu 5 років тому +2

      @@drunkenhobo8020 microbreweries are already making beer with hemp. Nobody will get any competition, just a new product to market lol

    • @huhulili9021
      @huhulili9021 5 років тому +1

      But is GumWeed its different

  • @tankstavin
    @tankstavin 5 років тому +57

    It's not gumweed that they used, it was Rapeseed, or canola oil. I actually worked on this project with ARA. We used catalytichydrothermolosis, basically putting a water/canola oil mix into a supercritical state (very high heat, very high pressure). The product came out crude, and we shipped it for refining, so I don't know what that process entailed, but it was quite interesting, and very flammable. From what I understand the yield made it more expensive than standard Jet-A, but it was renewable, so they wanted us looking into it anyway.

    • @mr.techaky7655
      @mr.techaky7655 5 років тому +13

      +Jake Mitch You can thank Bill Cosby for both of those....

    • @drippingwax
      @drippingwax 5 років тому +5

      How did your family get the last name Dickinson?

    • @Dollapfin
      @Dollapfin 5 років тому +4

      Jake Mitch commonly known as canola which is just an acronym for rapeseed people can eat without getting cancer. I believe it’s erucic acid or something. Idk. It’s a brassica and one of the highest yielding oil crops we have. Also great for bees and used as a cover crop.

    • @AM-dc7pv
      @AM-dc7pv 5 років тому +7

      Rapeseed? I thought those ended up in orphanages to be adopted? ;___;

    • @Dollapfin
      @Dollapfin 5 років тому +3

      A M that ain’t even funny dude

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous 5 років тому

    2:32 That fan sound makes me happy. It reminds me of summer, getting plants from Lowe's or something.

  • @evannalynch9599
    @evannalynch9599 5 років тому +69

    -Smells like Kerosene
    -Lets taste it
    lmao

    • @jakeeck
      @jakeeck 5 років тому

      you copied the top comment.

  • @mikebrooka9395
    @mikebrooka9395 5 років тому +104

    Well done!
    Many years ago, a 4-H Teen Leader raised a crop of black sunflower seeds (common name: Russian sunflower), they are oily as the dickens. He pressed the oil out with a modified cider press. It used plates with smaller and more holes. This brings me to the question, is it more efficient to press and then cook or just cook? Next question is would a solvent work better like acetone in the beaker and a layer of water in that (I forget it name) on top of the beaker. The 4-H Teen Leader ran his tractors and combines on the sunflower oil in 1981 and still to this day. He filtered the pressed oil through old denim jeans and then a diesel fuel filter. Ain't not bad science, for it's day.
    Take care from Oklahoma
    Mike and 'That Dang Woman'.

    • @dfpguitar
      @dfpguitar 5 років тому +6

      Im surprised that was ever worth the effort. Fuel prices in the US are vastly cheaper than they are in Europe. Pressed sunflower seeds would make a high grade edible oil that would be worth much more than the equivalent amount of gasoline or diesel.

    • @mikebrooka9395
      @mikebrooka9395 5 років тому +2

      @@dfpguitar True. At that time, sunflower oil was nothing to the gallon and only mulched and put nitrogen in the soil, when turned under, for the cash crop of wheat next year.
      Thadd told me that cost savings were about 8 cents per gallon, all said. That meant the cost of the seedings, property rent, fuel from first harvest, next few years of harvest, and resoughlting yield and per acre.
      I will say that if he did hot press the seeds, his savings would have been higher.

    • @dfpguitar
      @dfpguitar 5 років тому +2

      @@mikebrooka9395 that is very interesting to know. Farming in the US must be very different to the UK with all that space. It's unimaginable to think of any oil crop being mulched in the UK. Also sunflowers are a strange choice as a nitrogen "green manure" . The farming I am familiar with uses plants like clover & alfalfa which fix nitrogen to soil while alive, and again when mulched as they are still soft & green. They are also perfect grazing for animals. Sunflowers are extremely fibrous by the time they flower, and by the time they seed they are like a cross between a stick and a rope. It's hard to imagine them even breaking down in a season. May I ask, do you know where the income source is for grain crops like wheat? Is the money straight from commercial buyers or is it government subsidy?

    • @mikebrooka9395
      @mikebrooka9395 5 років тому +1

      @@dfpguitar kind of depends. Some farms sell to commercial buyers under a contract. Most of the smaller farms sell to a local co-op that stores the grain until market value goes up and then they put it on railcars for its 'final' destination. Some years, the government will see the market value too low and pay farmers to not grow wheat at all. This all stays true for all commodity markets. It gets deeper, but that is the tip of the iceberg. Oh, the sunflowers fo degrade a bit faster than you would think when plowed under. As for nitrogen, we use anhydrous ammonia. It kills everything and sets in a lot of nitrogen (that is usually the case for wheat only farms). Old fashioned farmers will rotate legumes one year and wheat or cotton the next.

    • @rchuno
      @rchuno 5 років тому +1

      dfpguitar Generally no subsidies for grain producers, although it can happen. Usually to trigger that a natural disaster needs to have happened or something like a significant foreign subsidy has unexpectedly come into play. (Russia or China). This is generally for only one year as the farmers are expected to be smart enough to change crops if they aren't going to make any money farming what they were farming, or like my parents who couldn't afford to keep farming because of low wheat and barley prices, had to sell their farm and find new work.

  • @htomerif
    @htomerif 5 років тому +32

    Hmm. You might want to try just a straight distillation. The sticky components are probably less volatile than the stuff that you got. I've found that if you wrap something like that (2 liter?) flask loosely in aluminum foil and let it hang over the sides of the hot plate, you get pretty even heating.
    It might also be interesting to see what you get if you put the plant in your ball mill. Definitely a lot more surface area then.

    • @mathias147
      @mathias147 5 років тому

      htomerif wheres your avatar from

    • @Guru_1092
      @Guru_1092 5 років тому +2

      Yeah, but he'd probably fuck up his ball mill. Just use a blender.

    • @minsin56
      @minsin56 5 років тому

      yeah that have a large weed yield for snoopdog

  • @Eric-ox9jl
    @Eric-ox9jl 5 років тому +3

    I did something similar extracting lemon oil, I think it helps a lot to grind it further down

  • @dab_yeetus
    @dab_yeetus 4 роки тому

    What handsome knowledge and skills. And a winning attitude about it all. Experiments are worth the experience, I'm glad your glassware got experience, too.

  • @ventu2295
    @ventu2295 5 років тому +80

    Cody! Can i add spanish subtitles to your vids?so that more people can learn from your content. Cheers from Argentina!

    • @masonp1314
      @masonp1314 5 років тому +9

      If you speak both languages well, you could probably offer to help translate it for him

    • @ventu2295
      @ventu2295 5 років тому +12

      @@masonp1314 Well, thats the idea. I will do all the work, and was thinking on starting on his most viewed videos like rock to ring and see what happens.

    • @ericsaul9306
      @ericsaul9306 5 років тому +4

      Jaja gracias dude, sería chido poder enseñar estos videos a mis amigos y familia, soy el único que habla bien el inglés aparte de mi novia... Somos de la ciudad de México jaja en cualquier caso no tengo mucho tiempo pero si Cody quiere y tu también quieres podría ayudar un a traducir un poco también

    • @zer0b0t
      @zer0b0t 5 років тому +1

      Si lo haces ojalá lo puedas hacer en idioma neutro para que la gente de distintos países pueda entender bien y no se confundan con regionalismos.

    • @ventu2295
      @ventu2295 5 років тому +7

      Of course i will do it so that everyone can understand it, but Cody seems to miss my comments whenever i suggest something like this.

  • @Blindashitmetalasfuck
    @Blindashitmetalasfuck 5 років тому +3

    Damn Cody! Back at it again with the oily drizzles!

  • @0zmosis2001
    @0zmosis2001 5 років тому

    I really dig geeking out on your ideas and experiments really neat listening to and following your ideas and things you do on here just really cool something different and always keeps my attention for sure.

  • @grantp4022
    @grantp4022 2 роки тому +1

    Looks like a nice slow burning jet fuel, be very nice for fuel for lighting lamps,
    and maybe camp stoves. Very creative video here Cody. Amazing what you
    can do from cheap things in your own environment. Imagination goes a long
    way.

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 5 років тому +34

    *Extracting Gold from Pee?!*

    • @duke0200
      @duke0200 5 років тому +3

      I mean he did do it with gunpowder a while back so it's probably possible.

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 5 років тому +3

      Maybe he'll discover a new element whilst he's at it.

    • @infinitepower6780
      @infinitepower6780 5 років тому +11

      Peenium

    • @sithsiri
      @sithsiri 5 років тому +7

      *Extracting pee from gold!?!?!?*

    • @randoprior4130
      @randoprior4130 5 років тому +2

      Better hit the liquor store for some gold shclagger first

  • @recoilgaming4123
    @recoilgaming4123 5 років тому +61

    Wonder if you would get more from a press then distilled?

    • @Sup3rman1c
      @Sup3rman1c 5 років тому +22

      Thats the point, you press it so there is no space for the oil to be absorbed in.

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi 5 років тому +8

      Y'know how they used to get olive oil, yeah? Yeah.

    • @tiusso
      @tiusso 5 років тому +18

      Kain Yusanagi Used to? The extra virgin olive oil gets it's name because it's the one obtained with the first cold press of the olives, then comes the virgin oil which gets heat pressed from the remains of the first press and then the rest of olive oils which are unlabeled as extra virgin or virgin are extracted from what's left with solvents. This is the process from 2000 years ago and still aplies today.

    • @THX..1138
      @THX..1138 5 років тому +6

      I think the extraction was wildly inefficient. His gloves got all sticky from cutting up the weeds. That shows there was a lot of oil in the plant in the plant material.

    • @rustygear9370
      @rustygear9370 5 років тому +8

      It could be possible, eventhough I tried this receipe with other plants with more oil content :
      - First dry the plants under sunlight for few days (not too long or they will lose most of the oil, just the right amount of time to let them crush under stress)
      - Crush them into fine powder (the point of drying)
      - Put them back in distilled water, in the same proportions you make with pancake dough.
      - Let them inflate covered overnight, the mix will be more firm
      - Place them in press between alternate layers of fine mesh stainless steel sieves
      Water should draw out with oil, heating the layers around 70°C will make oil more fluid and ease the process.

  • @onefeather2
    @onefeather2 5 років тому

    Love these videos. Glad some people do this and experiment with all different things

  • @kchstudiophx9843
    @kchstudiophx9843 5 років тому

    I've always enjoyed your end videos, Thanks K

  • @barmetler
    @barmetler 5 років тому +57

    We are sorry to inform you that this video has been demonetized.
    Cause: Title contains the word "weed"
    Your UA-cam team

    • @trixiebewitched
      @trixiebewitched 5 років тому +1

      @Quack Quark they still demonitized him

    • @ToxicPhenix
      @ToxicPhenix 5 років тому

      Amber Bacome no way they did? Looool

  • @PKMartin
    @PKMartin 5 років тому +18

    If you're looking for interesting solvent extraction to try, I've wondered about a Soxhlet style device using butane, so instead of heating it at the bottom you refrigerate the top to condense it, and it boils itself out of the distillate at ambient temperature. You've certainly got enough experience with pressure vessels and cryogens to give it a go.

    • @TG9910
      @TG9910 5 років тому

      That's what I thought!

    • @EmazingGuitar
      @EmazingGuitar 5 років тому +2

      Butane exracts more than the oils and brings pigments from the plant making the oil contaminated with pigments and plant matter

    • @housegoth
      @housegoth 5 років тому

      Carlos Martinez butane gets the waxes and fats as well as the oils but gets very little pigment or plant matter which is what makes it better then an alcohol solvent extraction process.

  • @yourneighbour5738
    @yourneighbour5738 5 років тому +97

    Waiting for that steel beam comment

  • @Daniel-ou4fb
    @Daniel-ou4fb 5 років тому

    Thanks Cody, now I know what to do when I get a bunk bag!

  • @AmazingJeeves
    @AmazingJeeves 5 років тому +10

    I can see people "off the grid" using gumweed oil for lanterns, if it could be stabilized enough for use. Any idea how long this would last, or would it be too volatile to store, like how gasoline breaks down over time?

  • @steve-o6413
    @steve-o6413 5 років тому +21

    Yes the Military has people with intelligent design patents on about everything lol, an if they don't now they will in the future. But this is a great video I learned a great deal of information. One that I didn't expect is why it's so hard to put out forest fires. Plants are using jet fuel to keep them burning lol now if we can come up with a way to stop this well "if" is a big to use but you get the message.

    • @corpsie666
      @corpsie666 4 роки тому +1

      Harvest the plants, extract the oil and return the leftover biomass to become fertilizer

  • @glleesqwerty6402
    @glleesqwerty6402 3 роки тому

    real good job setting up that spoon cody!

  • @loricathey5416
    @loricathey5416 5 років тому

    I like the fact that you are finding new renewable fuels

  • @disasterexperiments493
    @disasterexperiments493 5 років тому +25

    Idk why this guy keeps getting demonized since his videos are educational. What's youtube's vendetta against this poor guy. He's Inspired many young scientists like myself and probably done more good than harm on this platform...

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 5 років тому +6

      Demonetized.

    • @lutyanoalves444
      @lutyanoalves444 5 років тому

      ahahahha

    • @chadoftoons
      @chadoftoons 5 років тому +3

      UA-cam probably doesn't want him demonetized but their AI does wich is another question
      Why does the youtube AI hate him so much? Its not like he is showing off guns

    • @Schmidtelpunkt
      @Schmidtelpunkt 5 років тому +1

      The algorithm just uses indicators and every human interaction is probably to just accept those according to UA-cams rules, which are tighter than necessary to avoid things slipping through. Those humans have low paying jobs, essentially assisting a machine.
      That is what one gets when obeying machines. Soon the whole world will be ruled like that.

    • @philippsommer189
      @philippsommer189 5 років тому

      But why they can't have an actual person look into the case before something like a demonetization is issued, is beyond me. Even more so when it comes to copyright claims/strikes. People's lifes can depend on these decisions, and having only the confirm-button be used manually seems more than irresponsible. Obviously they don't have an infinite amount of employees, but at least for channels with a certain subscriber count (maybe 100k+ or so) they should ensure these decisions are made by a human.

  • @michaelalexander643
    @michaelalexander643 5 років тому +75

    ***The US Army wants to know your location***

    • @lutyanoalves444
      @lutyanoalves444 5 років тому +9

      thank god.
      that means they dont know yet

    • @damarh
      @damarh 5 років тому +1

      lol i wanted to make an oil/invasion comment but thought, nah thats lame. then i saw yours :P

    • @denniswoycheshen
      @denniswoycheshen 5 років тому

      Can't let the hippies win. Oil fo Lyfe ..

  • @MesserBen
    @MesserBen 5 років тому

    Pack your distillation column with glass wool next time. The increased surface area provides surface area for the vapor to condense on, effectively increasing the length of the column and greatly improving your yield. It also traps more of the volatile compounds in the sap, making it smell more like flowers.

  • @classycajun7806
    @classycajun7806 4 роки тому

    Dude Cody is so smart!!! It’s actually ridiculous. True talent.

  • @Somestupiedbudee
    @Somestupiedbudee 5 років тому +8

    Cody'sDab

    • @homefront3162
      @homefront3162 5 років тому

      dednoob6 I saw what you did there

  • @Mr6Sinner
    @Mr6Sinner 5 років тому +6

    Would pulverizing the flowers and stems aid in better extraction?
    (It would at least allow for more plant per volume)

  • @randomprimary
    @randomprimary 3 роки тому

    Thank you for captioning these vids. Or at least whoever did should get thanks.

  • @garrfieldtodd3349
    @garrfieldtodd3349 5 років тому

    I enjoy watching your videos very informative. Thanks

  • @llo100
    @llo100 5 років тому +7

    The weed looks quite dry.. in my experience fresh herbs have the highest yield

    • @originaljiggy
      @originaljiggy 5 років тому

      These grow in my field. There's not much difference between fresh and dry. They have a very firm stem, almost woody. They have to support a wide top on a quite thin stem and they can get surprisingly large if they can get ahold of some water. They are wet in the pithy center where the moisture is protected from the heat and wind by the relatively thick woody layer.

  • @lutyanoalves444
    @lutyanoalves444 5 років тому +25

    GUN? and WEED on the same video???????
    no ads 4 u

  • @donaldsmith3048
    @donaldsmith3048 3 роки тому

    It may work good in some of the older 2.5 ton trucks from the 60's. The M35A2 has a multi fuel engine that will run on almost any liquid that will burn!

  • @gabrielbennett5162
    @gabrielbennett5162 4 роки тому

    I'll be darned! If this is the same stuff we call tar weed out west, I'd always wondered if you could make fuel out of it! Nice to know the idea wasn't so crazy.

  • @ericknyevz3840
    @ericknyevz3840 5 років тому +4

    Cody you most likely over heated the terpenes and/or flavonoids in the flower. Try using a gravity-fed hexane extraction next time. Like propane or butane. Critical CO2 well work as well. Just that's not as easy to do at home.

  • @VigoHornblower
    @VigoHornblower 5 років тому +13

    I propose a challenge for you: Can you extract oxygen from Lunar Regolith Simulant? It's very rich in oxygen, so I'd imagine it would be possible.

  • @adamabele785
    @adamabele785 3 роки тому

    For more effective distillation you´d need to grind it into small grains and use a different liquid for distillation like alcohol or heptane in a closed system. My guess is that the oil is found mostly in the seeds and very little in other parts of the plants, so it might be more effective to distill only the flowers.

  • @sunnyyyyy946
    @sunnyyyyy946 5 років тому

    Thank you so much for the video! Cant seem to find anything else on UA-cam relating to the content. I'm going to try to use some type of alcohol to pull out the sap from the bud and evaporate the alcohol off.

  • @funnynickline
    @funnynickline 5 років тому +3

    what a wonderful experiment' and extracts discovery from a wonder plant turns out to be weed oil' Blesses us all with mother nature.👍👍🕺

  • @Jaybiiird
    @Jaybiiird 5 років тому +75

    poor cody gettin salty about the military already thinkin of his idea

  • @PapaDank0
    @PapaDank0 5 років тому

    You’re absolutely awesome man I enjoy all your vids

  • @Jone952
    @Jone952 5 років тому

    Always love the TLDR at the end!

  • @PeterLunk
    @PeterLunk 5 років тому +10

    You should try and use alcohol instead of water to extract the oils next run ;)
    Then evaporate the alcohol later at low temps and the oils are left.
    Your yield will increase enormously ;)
    And alcohol will extrct the terpenes and flavinoids much better wich will give you a more potent smelling endresult.

    • @Guru_1092
      @Guru_1092 5 років тому

      Terpenes and Flavinoids sounds like derogatory terms.
      "YOU DAMN TERPENES!"

    • @minsin56
      @minsin56 5 років тому

      So better weed for snoopdog

  • @lukes2219
    @lukes2219 5 років тому +11

    You could probably extract it more efficiently if you sherded it

    • @Killerspieler
      @Killerspieler 5 років тому

      At least someone said it. I was looking for a comment on that, first thing i thought, when he started the distillation... You have to crush the cells, Cody, they contain most of the oil!

  • @VaChiee
    @VaChiee 4 роки тому +1

    man i love the smell of gum weed lightly squeezed between the fingers , im s surprised its not so strong in fragrance

  • @pharmdiddy5120
    @pharmdiddy5120 5 років тому

    I love the fact that you can do a small batch steam distillation just on the fly

  • @lazardjukovic1691
    @lazardjukovic1691 5 років тому +43

    Always remember what jumbos neutron says : dont do drug , do science
    -but science make drug tho
    Shut

  • @randalmarshik4320
    @randalmarshik4320 5 років тому +7

    We miss your videos Cody!

  • @kylesteele9403
    @kylesteele9403 5 років тому

    When you dry the plant out, you do lose oil along with the water -- fresh green plants are always better for extracting.
    Always mash/grind as well if possible

  • @andrewdetchkoff9689
    @andrewdetchkoff9689 4 роки тому

    Terpenes are what give it the smell. you would need to do fractional distillation to isolate them as well.

  • @mayhem_unlimited3013
    @mayhem_unlimited3013 5 років тому +4

    0:14
    *Military jumps on Cody yelling "give me the oil!"*

  • @PerspectiveEngineer
    @PerspectiveEngineer 5 років тому +3

    Thumbs up for sticky weed and NurdRage!

  • @andrewdetchkoff9689
    @andrewdetchkoff9689 5 років тому

    The smell is cause by terpenes. They are a volatile alcohol. The temperature you used would have evaporated them almost immediately. To retain the most amount of these terps you would have to use a solvent based extraction method, preferably with low to cryogenic temperatures for maximum retention. Its an easy task with the right equipment

  • @katzunjammer
    @katzunjammer 5 років тому

    when ive boiled swedes or veg in water ive found oils floating on the surface after. Its very interesting to think about what oils plants carry in them.

  • @yushatak
    @yushatak 5 років тому +3

    Will this grow on the east coast? I'd not mind messing with it a bit.

  • @BambooBailey
    @BambooBailey 5 років тому +27

    Cody: let’s see if we can extract oil from gum weed
    FBI: * muffle banging on door* FBI OPEN UP!!

  • @A86140
    @A86140 5 років тому

    Chaotic good would be Cody's alignment.

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L 5 років тому

    The thumbnail is a work of art.