That's just gross. :( sustainable my arse. On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Steve Spence wrote:
> > > Smithfield to Convert Hog Waste Into Fuel > By REUTERS > > > HICAGO, Feb. 21 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc., the pork producer, > said today that it would build a $20 million site in Utah that would use > waste from 500,000 hogs to make biodiesel, a renewable fuel for vehicles. > > Biodiesel can be made from any fat including vegetable oil and used > cooking oil. About 15 million gallons were used in the United States last > year. > > Smithfield said it would be the major partner in BEST BioFuel, a > partnership that will build the plant at Smithfield-owned swine > production sites near Milford, Utah. > > "Livestock waste can be a source of clean, renewable vehicle fuel," said > Robert F. Urell, a Smithfield senior vice president. > > Construction is scheduled to start in April on the new site, pending > final approval of a conditional use permit and a permit from the Utah > Department of Environmental Quality. > > Smithfield's Utah swine operation produces about one million market hogs > a year, and the biodiesel project will use the waste from about half of > those hogs, the company said. > > > > Steve Spence > Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter > & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: > http://www.green-trust.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
