Posted on 12/17/2016 12:45:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
Avocados have never been more prolific: on toast, with eggs, in sandwiches, on salads, and, of course, guacamole. In the past few years the avocado has been crowned the king of fruit.
In addition to our ruinous ecological impact overall, it seems were also wasting a large portion of the fruit (26% according to studies): the skin and the pit. The pit of the avocado doesnt provide any nutrition, but scientists have discovered that it could be the perfect fuel.
The Universities of Córdoba and Almería recently conducted a study on the pit, which has historically been difficult to recycle. The results show that avocado pits have huge potential to be used fING
or fuel both at home and on an industrial scale. Avocado seeds can produce 19,145 megajoules (units of energy) per kilo, which is an optimum value according to researchers.
Efficiency and ecology
As fuel, the avocado pit would be more efficient than almond skins and olive pits which are both currently being used as natural fuels. It could also be used to replace wood, which would be more ecological not only because it would reduce the number of trees being cut down, but also because wood needs to be dried before it can be burnt as fuel whereas avocado pits are ready to burn.
Its high time we had a use for the refuse accumulating in hipster cafes across the world. The global consumption of avocados is getting out of control. In the last twenty years, avocado production has risen 139%.
Apart from using them as fuel, we could also start drinking them as infusions or applying them to our hair and skin. It seems their revitalizing properties are endless.
OR... I know this may be surprising, stuck in dirt and make more avocado trees.
Nothing new about burning fruit pits. Up here in MI, those who have outside boilers find both peach and cherry pits to make nice wood substitutes.
They burn with very little smoke and you don’t have to stack ‘em.
I did a search and nothing came up except all these fuel crisis stuff from way back. It’s hilarious considering now that we’re an oil export nation again.
Okay - yeah. Switch grass; sure came over as saw grass. But in any case, running the US on grass? It’d take more energy to produce a gallon of that stuff than worth it. And in the quantities we’d need? On a yearly basis?
In the case of a Hass avocado you would get a tree load of disappointment.
The Hass is all grown from grafted trees as avocado trees reproduce sexually and they have yet naturally produce another that was as good as the Hass.
Oh, holy Jesus. They only grow in tropical climates.
[[ In The Future, Avocado Pits Could Be Used As Eco-Friendly Fuel]]
Crap- just when i swore off avocados-
The avocado grows on atree that takes about seven years to mature and start providing fruit. It has to grow in areas which are at least semi-tropical.
Now while it might be heart-warming for econuts to belive that avocado nuts can be part of a fossile fuel free future, you’d have to face the fact that most of Mexico, Central and S. America would have to be covered in avocado trees to make a real dent in fuel supplies.
On the bright side, guacamole would be cheap and you could eat it til you were sick.
It would cost more to manage them into a fuel than its worth.
They grow just fine here in KawLeePornia.
When I was growing up we had an avocado tree and I have a few friends who one or two as well.
Everything grows here “The Valley of Hearts Delights “
A use for avocados that I can get FULLY behind. BURN THEM!
Pit bull.
How about hedge apples. There are tons of them in Kansas and they just drop and rot on the ground. Could they be fuel? Inquiring minds want to know!
Hipsters 2.0 may be throwing them away, but back in the day, Hipsters 1.0 all had avocado seeds rooting on their windowsills, and a few of them actually survived to become trees. Here's how you root them -- suspend them over a cup of water by poking them gently with toothpicks so they will stay partially submerged until a root forms down into the water. Then plant them in soil:
Here's how they look when they start to grow:
Alfred.
You say that like it's just a minor detail. The idea deserves serious consideration based on this alone.
psychiatrist won’t help.
Yes, we will be awash in guacamole. We may have to enact a law that every family has a ‘guacamole cap and trade’ monthly requirement.
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