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A Healthy Dose of Ethics: Useful Waste

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Many of you probably know by now that any source of fat can be converted into bio-diesel fuel. You can run a diesel engine on pure vegetable oil. It ends up being more expensive than regular diesel, of course, but it's a way a variety of companies are trying to make use of their waste. Tyson, for instance, is trying to run their trucks on chicken fat.  Read More »

The biodiesel of the future!

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Well, my friend and I recently did some research on alternative fuel sources, and look what we found! I was amazied that more research had not been done on using biodiesel as a source of fuel. Here are some facts:

• Algae is the fastest growing plant in the world.

•Algae consumes 75% of the CO2 absorbed by plants

• Algae is not food; it will not raise food prices.  Read More »

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