and another story about making oil:

http://www.discover.com/may_03/gthere.html?article=featoil.html

pretty interesting stuff....  wonder if the oil companies will have a say in
it?


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bardroom2{at}tantech.com [mailto:owner-bardroom2{at}tantech.com]On
Behalf Of Kestrel
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 7:59 PM
To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
Subject: [BR-2] Macadamia powered


2.
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT ...
Macadamia-nut shells will soon be the source of electricity for more
than 1,200 Australian homes.  Construction began this week on a
biomass cogeneration plant in the northern Australian state of
Queensland that will produce renewable energy by burning more than
5,000 tons of shells generated by the nation's native macadamia nut
industry.  "This project ... could be replicated across a range of
other industries, including peanut, timber, meat, wheat, and grain
processing, where waste streams could generate heat, electricity, and
revenue," said Kate Skilleter of Ergon Energy, the state-owned
company behind the venture.  The plant, the first of its kind in the
world, should be online by August.

straight to the source:  Planet Ark, Reuters, 23 May 2003
http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1156>


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Is that cool or what!?



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