chicken fat to electricity...

[Tx_Atty]

cool article on electricity plant using bio...

article

 

[CHPMustang]

Another great way to use alternative fuels in our society

Caterpillar Diesel powered too

Thanks Peter!

 

[hheynow]

Same story...different news service

http://news.com.com/Texas+power+plant+runs+on+biodiesel/2100-11392_3-6168606.html

 

[powerboatr]

watch tyson/pilgrims etc now start growing FAT enhanced chickens...to boost energy yield per clucker (CTU's).....

we already pay ROAMING charges on free range cluckers, bet a small energy output increase is on the way

still fuel from birds is cool

 

[DaveBen]

I would bet it would take a LOT of chickens to get a gallon of oil.

Dave

 

[powerboatr]

I would bet it would take a LOT of chickens to get a gallon of oil.

Dave

i think it depends on how tight you SQUEEZE em buck buck burrrrrrssssssshhhhhhhhoil

 

[DaveBen]

Dave

 

[hheynow]

But this is the dilemma.

Biodiesel from waste products won't solve the U.S. dependency on oil. The U.S. generates about 2.7 billion pounds of waste vegetable grease a year. If all of it were harvested and converted to biodiesel, it would produce about 350 million gallons of fuel. If half of the inedible tallow and animal fat from slaughterhouses were harvested, another 500 million gallons would be produced, according to figures from Eidman. The U.S., however, consumed an estimated 62 billion gallons of diesel last year, so these contributions would amount to about 1 percent.

However you have to start somewhere.