Weird alternative fuel sources
December 5th 2007 21:21
I enjoyed reading a recent article on ecoble.com about some weird alternative fuel sources. Those sources are as follows:
1. Confiscated Booze Converted into Bus-Powering Biogas
2. Dirty Diapers Turned into Viable Diesel
3. Saltwater Burned into Hydrogen and Oxygen
4. Methane Gas Siphoned from Garbage Dumps
5. Vehicles Powered by Vegetable Oil and Ammonia
I especially like #2 and #4. Whenever we can get additional use out of something that is already considered to be refuse, we should. To me, that seems like a true act of recycling.
As I've mentioned in other blogposts, the use of food sources (corn, soybeans, etc.) for fuel production has a negative impact in that it increases the market prices of those items for us in the grocery store and for farmers who use those items to feed their livestock. Therefore, I view the examples above as very encouraging. To the extent that the government and private companies can invest in the large-scale production of those activities, they should. I don't suspect that we'll run out of garbage or dirty diapers anytime soon. If there is an opportunity for us to convert some of that to fuel, we should do it.
1. Confiscated Booze Converted into Bus-Powering Biogas
2. Dirty Diapers Turned into Viable Diesel
3. Saltwater Burned into Hydrogen and Oxygen
4. Methane Gas Siphoned from Garbage Dumps
5. Vehicles Powered by Vegetable Oil and Ammonia
I especially like #2 and #4. Whenever we can get additional use out of something that is already considered to be refuse, we should. To me, that seems like a true act of recycling.
As I've mentioned in other blogposts, the use of food sources (corn, soybeans, etc.) for fuel production has a negative impact in that it increases the market prices of those items for us in the grocery store and for farmers who use those items to feed their livestock. Therefore, I view the examples above as very encouraging. To the extent that the government and private companies can invest in the large-scale production of those activities, they should. I don't suspect that we'll run out of garbage or dirty diapers anytime soon. If there is an opportunity for us to convert some of that to fuel, we should do it.
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