If you burn them, will they release CO2?
Of course, gather them all up every harvest and convert them to fuel. We could probably save one or two barrels of oil per day. What a concept? And, somebody paid for this.
Some years back, I did a back of the envelope calculation using the sum of the annual palm oil production of both Malaysia and Indonesia, and found that it would satisfy US domestic automobile needs for three weeks. Now remember, we are talking about countries drenched in tropical rain, and grow the stuff like it’s going out of style. So anyone who thinks the lowly avacado pit is the answer to our energy demands needs to visit a psychiatrist.
Hmm. No further detail in the article, but how are they used as a fuel? The article implies you can burn them...? Without drying them? I usually throw skins in the compost, but seeds have generally just been useless. If they can go straight in the fireplace, sweet.
It will result in less stuff being put in the landfill and that is a plus.
Right - it’ll take more energy the equivalent of seven gallons of gas to produce one gallon of fuel from those pits. Just like that bio-fuel nonsense.
Avocado pit.
A big hole to trap avocados.
Can hardly wait for my tree to give me another crop.
Personally, I find avocado oil to be quite useful - for cooking.
For a major transportation liquid fuel for an advanced civilization? Not so much.
OR... I know this may be surprising, stuck in dirt and make more avocado trees.
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.
A use for avocados that I can get FULLY behind. BURN THEM!
Pit bull.
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:
And this stupidity will fuel how many houses? Ten?