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Vanilla Dung
New Scientist Blog ^
| March 6, 2006
| Kozo Mizoguchi
Posted on 03/07/2006 6:05:28 AM PST by S0122017
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03/07/2006 6:05:30 AM PST
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S0122017
To: S0122017
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:07:25 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Would you throw a bucket of water on Hillary if her broom were on fire?)
To: S0122017
Gasoline? Okay, great.
But, "One vanilla ice cream cone, please?"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME! ! !
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:08:55 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: S0122017
The team, helped by staff from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology near Tokyo, produced gasoline by adding several unspecified metal catalysts to the dung inside a container and applying a 30-atmosphere pressure and heat of up to 300 degrees Celsius (572 Fahrenheit), Shibusawa said. Details of the catalysts could not be disclosed, he added. Any bets that this process requires more energy than it creates?
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:09:19 AM PST
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highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: righttackle44
"Man...if I didn't know any better, I'd swear this ice cream tasted like...!"
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:10:03 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(...oops, did I say that out loud? Bad Rich. BAD Rich.)
To: S0122017
Holy benzine rings, Batman, what other fragrances might they find?
(They certainly couldn't be any worse than the one they started with, could they>)
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:15:02 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
To: S0122017
Note to self: Do not eat any Japanese vanilla ice cream.
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:15:34 AM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: S0122017
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:15:56 AM PST
by
Shalom Israel
(There's a reason cows ain't extinct.)
To: righttackle44
But, "One vanilla ice cream cone, please?" You mean: "One vanirra ice cleam cone, prease?" ;)
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:16:53 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
To: S0122017
I guess we can no longer call their cars "rice burners".
To: S0122017
In a separate experime Amateurs! MacGyver could take cow dung and extract vanilla and gasoline simultaneously.
To: highlander_UW
Any bets that this process requires more energy than it creates?
Quite likely - but the real comparison is: does it result in any net saving of energy over current methods of processing all the waste? I don't know the answer - it may still be a net loss.
To: advance_copy
Note to self: Do not eat any Japanese vanilla ice cream.
At least not any soft-serve vanilla that's brown...
To: righttackle44
"I'll take the chocolate brownie instead please."
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:21:07 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(Spreading liberal beliefs is as wrong as spreading AIDS.)
To: beezdotcom
Quite likely - but the real comparison is: does it result in any net saving of energy over current methods of processing all the waste? I don't know the answer - it may still be a net loss. Since the manure is probably used on farms I doubt there is too much processing costs that are normally associated with the dung...probably just gas to drive a truck from the ranch to a farm.
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03/07/2006 6:24:29 AM PST
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highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: highlander_UW
Since the manure is probably used on farms I doubt there is too much processing costs that are normally associated with the dung...probably just gas to drive a truck from the ranch to a farm.
Yeah, that would certainly be true here...I just don't know if Japan worries more about it, being on an island and all.
Still, you're forgetting the whole vanilla ice cream angle on this thing...
To: S0122017
> ... extracted 1.4 milliliters (0.042 ounces) of gasoline
> from every 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cow dung by applying
> high pressure and heat.
Unfortunately, each 1.4ml extracted required 1.5ml of
gasoline to generate the heat and pressure.
Well, maybe not, but since the claim was silent on the
matter of cycle efficiency, my presumption is not
optimistic.
To: S0122017
"You mean this car runs on cowsh&t, man?"
/Cheech and Chong
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posted on
03/07/2006 6:30:57 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: highlander_UW
" Any bets that this process requires more energy than it creates?"
That's not the only issue in Japan. They don't have land mass to be able to just bury their trash like we do. They have to spend enormous amounts on recycling and it's part of their culture.
For example, one thing you won't see in Japan very often is a trash can in a public place. Everyone is responsible for getting rid of their own trash. Believe it or not, they don't even have paper towels in their restrooms. Some places have hand dryers but most everyone brings their own little cloth towels to dry their hands in the restroom.
To: S0122017
In a separate experiment revealing another unusual business potential for cow dung, another group of researchers has successfully extracted an aromatic ingredient of vanilla from cattle dung, said Miki Tsuruta, a Sekisui Chemical Co. spokeswoman. The extracted ingredient, vanillin, can be used as fragrance in shampoo and candles, she said.
A marketers dream:
New Herbal Shower Shampoo
Vanilla Essence -- Now with Cow Dung!
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03/07/2006 6:45:38 AM PST
by
Semi Civil Servant
(The Main Stream Media: Al-Qaeda's most effective spy network.)
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