Japanese Make Gasoline From Cattle Dung

[MazeRat7]

Now this is pretty cool....

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TOKYO - Scientists in energy-poor Japan said Friday they have found a new source of gasoline — cattle dung.
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Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture engineering professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, said his team has successfully extracted .042 ounces of gasoline from every 3.5 ounces of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat.

"The new technology will be a boon for livestock breeders" to reduce the burden of disposing of large amounts of waste, Shibusawa said.

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Unfortunately, this implies the continued breeding of cattle for food.. something I am not very comfortable with.

Oh well... one problem at a time.....

MZr7

[mhr]

1. Peak Oil Desperation Is Settling In

eom

[oneold1-4u]

10. Looking at Washington DC

BS is still BS and lots of it! Just like a new oil well in TX!

[MercutioATC]

2. Cattle wil always be bred for food (as will most domesticated animals)

If we can benefit from their poop, I say bravo!

[Craig3410]

3. Stupid question...

how many oz. is a normal "pile" of cow dung?

[FightingIrish]

4. Not to be outdone by the Japanese

we turned a pile of horse shit into a president.

[LiberalEsto]

5. rofl

[boobooday]

14. F-ing brilliant

[Javaman]

17. Read my tag line. :) n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Dupe thread, see:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Generic Brad]

7. Crap!

I mean it. All hail cow crap.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. With all the dairy and beef ranches here in Central CA

There's plenty of cow dung piled and ready for the makeover.

[mark0rama]

9. That's nothin'...

The Blues Brothers had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.

So said "Duck" Dunn, anyway.

[mom cat]

11. What kind of BS is this?

[boobooday]

13. LOL -- good one!

Our energy problems are over! One episode of the O'Reilly Factor will be able to power a mid-size city for a month!

[mom cat]

15. At least a month!

Finally a use for it! Hey, If we add all the BS from DC we could become energy independant in a week!

[file83]

12. Well then, the Republican Party can supply fuel for the ENTIRE WORLD!!

[ladjf]

16. The Chinese have been making methane from cow dung, driving

city buses with the gas. I first read about this five years ago.

[Vogon_Glory]

18. A Boon For Other Areas Of The World, Too

This process could also lessen dependence on petroleum fuels for other parts of the world besides the US and Japan, especially if it can be adapted to take sheep dung, too. Both Argentina and Paraguay have large herds of sheep.

Personally, one of the things I like about this sort of conversion process is that it means that the rest of the world can lessen its dependence on fossil fuels bought from medieval, backwards-looking, misogynistic religious fanatics bent on spreading "Holy War" over much of the globe.