Friday, March 03, 2006

TOKYO — Scientists in energy-poor Japan said Friday they have found a new source of gasoline — cattle dung.

Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture engineering professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, said his team has successfully extracted 1.4 milliliters (0.042 ounces) of gasoline from every 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat

The new technology will be a boon for livestock breeders" to reduce the burden of disposing of large amounts of waste, Shibusawa said.

About 500,000 metric tons (551,155 U.S. tons) of cattle dung are produced each year in Japan, he said.

Gasoline extracted from cow dung is unheard of, said Tomiaki Tamura, an official of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency. Japan relies almost totally on imports for its oil and gasoline needs.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186739,00.html

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wow, this is awesome

Whoa, that's pretty cool, wonder what else they can use...

In India, we used the dung from our cattle and oxen as the fuel for our fires.

This is actually pretty kool

^Well considering the position Japan are in, having to import just about all its oil and gasoline this could really help them reduce some of their dependence on the rest of the world.

fill er up! most waste can be used as energy...cool post daddy

I'll pass on the Cow crap fuel. Does anyone here know how bad Cow schit smells?

i was thinking about that too

they burn used cooking oil and it smells like french fries

do we want every bus in NYC burning cow crap ?

there must be something they can add to neutralize the smell