http://polizeros.com/2008/05/20/truck-runs-on-coffee-grounds/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:59:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://polizeros.com/2008/05/20/truck-runs-on-coffee-grounds/#comment-152677 DJ Tue, 20 May 2008 14:14:28 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=11678#comment-152677 That's interesting-- it uses essentially the same process as the dendro power plants of South Asia: converting wood to methane which it then burns to produce electricity. In South Asia, they use fast-growing trees, grown on-site, which they chip and use for fuel. That makes an entirely-contained, fully sustainable, CO2-neutral generating system. The same potential would be there for this truck. That’s interesting– it uses essentially the same process as the dendro power plants of South Asia: converting wood to methane which it then burns to produce electricity. In South Asia, they use fast-growing trees, grown on-site, which they chip and use for fuel. That makes an entirely-contained, fully sustainable, CO2-neutral generating system. The same potential would be there for this truck.

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