Fuel from fruit
Creative alternative fuel sources lead the news these days for good reason. From Switch Grass to industrial scraps we are waking up to the possibilities all around us for closing the loop on waste and energizing our ventures in the process. Here is a great story about researchers at Clemson University using microbes to digest the 20 million rotting peaches that are wasted each year in South Carolina. The result: hydrogen fuel from peaches for tractors to harvest peaches. What's not to love about that loop?
For more information please click on this link: www.clemson.edu
This is great! Growing up with 5 fruit trees in our backyard, I understand what a nuisance rotten fruit can be. Now we've found a way to turn in into fuel! All they need to do is invent a vacuum to suck up all the rotten fruit from the ground. Unfortunately, that was my chore when I was a kid.
posted by katiek on 8/ 6/2008 2:02 pm