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Mulch Ennui
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03-03-2006 18:54
Pumps of the future, Corn or Cattle Dung
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Gabe Lippmann
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Join date: 14 Jun 2004
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03-03-2006 19:06
Yard Gnomes.
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Joy Honey
Not just another dumass
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
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03-03-2006 19:44
not sure what I can make with it, but it sure draws flies
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Ghoti Nyak
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Join date: 7 Aug 2004
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03-03-2006 20:03
Awesome news... the more alternatives, the better. And its one that might actually get considered... our Gasman-In-Chief aught to love it, I'm sure there's alot of cowdung in Texas.
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Phoenix Psaltery
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Join date: 25 Feb 2005
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03-03-2006 20:06
Fire.
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Christopher Omega
Oxymoron
Join date: 28 Mar 2003
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03-03-2006 20:34
Hmm. It seems they may have a long way to go - It sounds like theyre putting more energy into extracting the gasoline then they get out of the gasoline itself.
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
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03-04-2006 05:06
Storing energy in a medium that every modern car can use, even at a net cost of energy, would probably be better than spending the energy required to change every car over to a different system and dispose of the current one
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
Join date: 20 May 2003
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03-04-2006 05:47
Sounds like an expensive process. On the other hand, the source material is practically infinite. Everyone takes a dump.
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Dianne Mechanique
Back from the Dead
Join date: 28 Mar 2005
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03-04-2006 06:30
And in the energy efficient world of the future there should be way less cows anyway. It is the over-reliance on cows for meat and fuel and the related environmental effects that is at the heart of many of the problems we now face.
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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
Join date: 17 Sep 2004
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03-04-2006 06:53
Hmm. It seems they may have a long way to go - It sounds like theyre putting more energy into extracting the gasoline then they get out of the gasoline itself. ==Chris Its the same thing with Ethanol. What you are really gaining is taking a low density energy storage material and converting it into a higher energy stoage material. Its like using a battery, you have to put more energy into making a battery than you get out of it, but what you gain is portablity. As far as uses for cow dung... Early european settlers on the prairie were faced with a lack of trees to use as fuel. Naturally they used what they could easily find... buffalo chips. (yes, i know Phoenix already said fire )_____________________
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