Secured Convertible Note

Exhibit 10.48
                                                              
NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH IT MAY BE CONVERTED HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR SOLD, UNLESS IT HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.




Note No. 12-2005                                               December 30, 2005
New York, New York

                            Secured Convertible Note
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ENTECH ENVIRONMENTAL  TECHNOLOGIES,  INC., a Florida corporation  (together with
its  subsidiaries  and  successors,  the "Maker"),  for value  received,  hereby
promises  to pay to the order of  BARRON  PARTNERS,  L.P.,  a  Delaware  limited
partnership  ("Holder") and registered  assigns the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ($100,000).  All payments  made on this Note shall be made to
Holder by wire transfer of immediately  available funds to Holder's account (the
"Bank Account") at such bank in the United States as may be specified in writing
by Holder to Maker,  together  with  interest on the  principal sum of this Note
outstanding  from time to time. All payments made on this Note shall be made pro
rata and pari passu.

     1.  MATURITY  DATE.  The  principal  sum of this Note  shall be  payable on
December 30, 2007 (the "Maturity  Date"), in such coin or currency of the United
States  of  America  as at the time of  payment  shall be legal  tender  for the
payment of public and  private  debts.  The Maker  shall have no right to prepay
this Note.

     2. INTEREST.  Interest on the principal sum of this Note  outstanding  from
time to time shall be payable on the  Maturity  Date at the rate of 8% per annum
from the date of issuance set forth above until payment in full of the principal
sum hereof has been made. Any installment of principal or interest not paid when
due, by acceleration or otherwise, shall bear interest after the due date at the
rate  equal  to the  lesser  of (a) 18% per  annum  or (b) the  highest  rate of
interest permitted by applicable law, payable upon demand. Interest on this Note
shall be  calculated  on the  basis of a  360-day  year and paid for the  actual
number of days elapsed.

     3. COLLATERAL.

          (a) SECURITY  INTEREST.  Maker hereby  grants to Holder to secure this
     Note a security  interest in and lien on all of the tangible and intangible
     assets of Maker,  whether  now owned or  existing,  hereafter  acquired  or
     arising, or in which Maker now or hereafter has any rights, and wheresoever
     located including,  without limitation,  any and all of the following:  (i)
     accounts;  (ii) accounts  receivable;  (iii) chattel paper; (iv) documents;
     (v) equipment;  (vi) general  intangibles,  including,  without limitation,
     patents,  patent  applications,  trademarks and service marks, and computer
     software and programs; (vii) instruments; (viii) inventory; (ix) investment
     property; (x) monies,  residues and property of any kind that is now, or at
     any time hereafter,  in the possession or under the control of Maker;  (xi)
     real   property;   (xii)   accessions  to,   substitutions   for,  and  all
     replacements,  products and proceeds of the foregoing,  including,  without
     limitation,  proceeds of insurance  policies;  and (xiii) books and records
     (including,  without  limitation,  customer lists,  credit files,  computer
     programs,  print-outs  and other  computer  materials and records) of Maker
     pertaining to any of the foregoing  (collectively,  the "Collateral"),  and
     agrees  that Holder  shall have all of the rights of a secured  party under
     the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of California.

          (b) FINANCING STATEMENTS AND COSTS. Maker will join with Holder in the
     execution  and filing of such  financing  statement or statements as may be
     requested  by Holder in form and  content  reasonably  required  by Holder.
     Maker  will  pay  all  costs  of  filing  any  financing,  continuation  or


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     termination  statements  with respect to the security  interest  created by
     this Note,  together with costs and expenses of any lien search  reasonably
     required by Holder during the term hereof.


          (c) COLLECTIONS; HOLDER'S RIGHT TO NOTIFY DEBTORS; VERIFICATION. Maker
     hereby  authorizes  Holder,  at any time or times after an Event of Default
     (as  hereinafter  defined),  to:  (i) notify  any or all  debtors  that the
     accounts  receivable  have been  assigned  to Holder and that  Holder has a
     security  interest  therein;  and  (ii)  direct  such  debtors  to make all
     payments due from them to Maker upon the accounts  receivable directly to a
     lock box designated by Holder.  Holder shall promptly  furnish Maker with a
     copy of any such notice sent. Any such notice, in Holder's sole discretion,
     may be sent on Maker's letterhead,  in which event Maker shall co-sign such
     notice with Holder.

          (d)  CONSIGNMENT OF INVENTORY.  Maker shall not at any time permit any
     inventory to be placed on consignment with any person or entity without the
     prior written consent of Holder.

          (e) PROCEEDS OF EQUIPMENT.  Maker shall not, without the prior written
     consent  of  Holder,  sell,  lease  or grant a  security  interest  in,  or
     otherwise dispose of or encumber, any equipment,  or any part thereof. Upon
     any disposition of equipment,  Maker shall,  unless  otherwise agreed to by
     Holder,  deliver all of the cash proceeds to Holder or his designee,  which
     proceeds shall be applied to payments under the Note.  Notwithstanding  the
     foregoing,  Maker shall have the right to trade in  obsolete,  redundant or
     unnecessary equipment in connection with the purchase of any new equipment,
     provided that such new equipment is subject to Holder's  security  interest
     free and clear of all other liens and encumbrances.

          (f) GENERAL  INTANGIBLES.  Maker  shall not at any time sell,  assign,
     transfer,  license  or issue a permit  to use any  general  intangible,  or
     forfeit or allow to lapse any rights to any  general  intangible,  of Maker
     without the prior written consent of Holder.

          (g)  PROCEEDS OF REAL  PROPERTY.  Maker  shall not,  without the prior
     written consent of Holder,  sell, lease (as lessor or sublessor) or grant a
     mortgage in, or otherwise encumber,  any real property or any part thereof.
     Upon any such disposition,  Maker shall deliver all of the proceeds thereof
     to Holder, or his designee, to be applied to the repayment of the Note.

          4. NO  PREPAYMENTS  AND  ACCELERATION.  All payments on account of the
     indebtedness  evidenced by this Note shall be applied  first to accrued and
     unpaid  interest and then to principal.  No prepayments of principal may be
     made.

     5. CONVERSION.

          (a) ELECTIVE CONVERSION. At the election of Holder, but subject to the
     limitations provided herein and in the Note Purchase Agreement of even date
     herewith,  Holder  shall have the right to  convert  all or any part of the
     principal  and accrued  interest of this Note into shares of Common  Stock,
     $0.001  par value  per  share at the  price of  $0.025  per share of Common
     Stock.

          (b) NOTICE;  EXERCISE OF CONVERSION  RIGHT.  Holder shall give written
     notice to Maker of Holder's  election  to convert  this Note in whole or in
     part into shares of Common Stock.  If Holder  intends to exercise its right
     of conversion only in part, it shall so specify in its notice to Maker.

          (c) CLOSING. Closing of the conversion of this Note shall occur at the
     office of Maker not less than five (5)  business  days  after  delivery  of
     Holder's notice of conversation. This Note shall be surrendered to Maker at
     the  closing.  If only a portion  of the debt  represented  by this Note is



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     being  converted,  then (i) the  principal  of this  Note  shall be  deemed
     converted  first,  then the  accrued  interest  and (ii) a new Note of like
     tenor shall be issued by Maker to Holder for the unconverted balance of the
     principal and accrued interest.  The issuance of certificates for shares of
     capital stock upon the conversion of this Note shall be made without charge
     to Holder for any taxes or other costs or expenses.

          (d) ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE  PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES.  The character
     of the shares of Common Stock at the time issuable upon  conversion of this
     Note and the Conversion Price therefore, are subject to adjustment upon the
     occurrence  of the  following  events,  and all such  adjustments  shall be
     cumulative:

               (i)    ADJUSTMENT    FOR   STOCK   SPLITS,    STOCK    DIVIDENDS,
          RECAPITALIZATIONS,  ETC.  The  Conversion  Price of this  Note and the
          number of shares of Common Stock at the time issuable upon  conversion
          of this Note shall be  appropriately  adjusted  to  reflect  any stock
          dividend,  stock  split,  combination  of  shares,   reclassification,
          recapitalization  or other  similar  event  affecting  the  number  of
          outstanding shares of Common Stock.

               (ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR REORGANIZATION,  CONSOLIDATION,  MERGER, ETC.
          In case of any  consolidation  or merger of the Maker with or into any
          other   corporation,   entity  or  person,   or  any  other  corporate
          reorganization,  in which the Maker  shall  not be the  continuing  or
          surviving entity of such consolidation,  merger or reorganization (any
          such transaction being hereinafter referred to as a "Reorganization"),
          then, in each case, the Holder, on conversion hereof at any time after
          the  consummation  or  effective  date  of  such  Reorganization  (the
          "Effective  Date"),  shall receive,  in lieu of the shares of stock or
          other securities at any time issuable upon the conversion of this Note
          issuable on such conversion prior to the Effective Date, the stock and
          other  securities and property  (including  cash) to which such holder
          would have been entitled  upon the  Effective  Date if such holder had
          converted this Note immediately  prior thereto (all subject to further
          adjustment as provided in this Note).

               (iii) CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In case of any adjustment or
          readjustment  in the  price  or kind  of  securities  issuable  on the
          conversion of this Note,  the Maker will promptly give written  notice
          thereof  to the  Holder in the form of a  certificate,  certified  and
          confirmed by the Board of Directors of the Maker,  setting