Japanese Make Gasoline From Cattle Dung

AP ^ | 3-3-06 | KOZO MIZOGUCHI

[tallhappy]

This is rather an extraordinary story that I think merits breaking news.

A lot of puns and bad jokes possibe, I know, possible, but, if this is true ...

[MineralMan]

Now, if they can master making Shinola out of that stuff, I'm going to invest heavily.

[mnehring]

1.4 milliliters (0.042 ounces) of gasoline from every 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat.

Is the 1.4 mil result accounting for the fuel needed to apply heat and pressure to the 100 grams of original source material or does it use more energy to create the fuel than it produces?

[TXBSAFH]

TX once again will be on the forefront of energy production. That and Washington DC.

[AZRepublican]

If they can make it from Dummyrat dung we are all set...

[Junior]

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.

Japanese Cattle: Their stuff don't stink.

[Malsua]

Sounds like another application of thermal depolymerization.

[rellimpank]

--yeah---sonds like the "hydrogen" economy--all it takes is unlimited free electricity--

[domenad]

This translates to 1,849,204 gallons of gasoline. I would imagine the US cattle industry is much, much larger. Hmmmmmm......

God I'd love to say to the ragheads : "Oh, sorry, we don't need your oil. We'd rather use COW DUNG."

[tallhappy]

Gosh, practical questions.

I'd guess it needs more than it generates.

[Malsua]

Strike that...from a Wiki Article...

* Thermochemical conversion (TCC) is limited to the changing of manure to crude oil.

* Thermal conversion process (TCP) is limited to the changing of manure and vegetable waste to crude oil.

[tallhappy]

God I'd love to say to the ragheads : "Oh, sorry, we don't need your oil. We'd rather use COW DUNG."

That'd be pretty fantastic.

[Designer]

"That and Washington DC."

I call dibs on the D.C. poop! You all heard me! I'll be RICH I tell you!

RICH!

[Designer]

"..by applying high pressure and heat.."

Hhmmm...Superman use to do that with coal, and he got a diamond!

[RichInOC]

Gasoline from bulls**t, huh? Praise God! Finally, Bill Clinton is good for something.

[N. Theknow]

Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture engineering professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

His friends call him Chip.

[FreePaul]

Great news. We have one of the world's largest producing areas of cattle dung. Washington DC.

[tallhappy]

Superman use to do that with coal, and he got a diamond!

I tought that was Underdog.

[JamesWilson]

It's all Bullsh*t these days!

[cogitator]

This is rather an extraordinary story that I think merits breaking news.

Emphasis on "breaking".