on Apr 20th, 2007
Pig fat to be turned into diesel
From BBC News website…
A solution for the world’s energy crisis may come in the form of a pig.
American oil company ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods, the world’s biggest meat producer, have announced that they will produce diesel from pork fat.
Cows and chickens will also be transformed to power motor vehicles.
The companies say that this renewable source of energy will be cleaner than conventional diesel. It is hoped that it will be available at petrol stations by the end of the year.
“It is chemically equivalent to diesel itself,” said Geoff Webster, who is managing the scheme for Tyson Foods, in an interview with the BBC World Service.
“It has lower Carbon Dioxide, it is zero sulphur, so many positive benefits for the environment.”
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