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Papua New Guinea Islanders Drive Their Cars On Coconut Power
Bougainville, PNG (ANI) May 10, 2007 Residents of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have found an indigenous solution to high-energy prices, the ubiquitous tropical fruit, coconut. The islanders are developing mini-refineries to produce a coconut oil that can eventually replace diesel. Residents say, coconut oil has not only made them less dependant on expensive fuel, which had to be imported onto the island, enquiries about the fuel have even come from overseas, including Iran and Europe. Matthias Horn, a German migrant and an engineer, who is operating one the several coconut oil refineries on the island, said, the oil is not only cheap but also environment friendly. "They sometimes refer to me as the Mad German because how can you do that to your car... filling it with some coconut juice that you normally fry your fish in," he said. "The coconut tree is a beautiful tree. Doesn't it sound good if you really run your car on something which falls off a tree and that's the good thing about it; you run your car and it smells nice and it's environmentally friendly and that's the main thing," the BBC quoted him as saying. (ANI) Source: ANI - Copyright 2007 Related Links the missing link Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Researchers Look Into Plant Cells To Increase Ethanol Yields
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Researchers have discovered that particles from cornstalks undergo previously unknown structural changes when processed to produce ethanol, an insight they said will help establish a viable method for large-scale production of ethanol from plant matter. |
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