On 7/03/06 9:06 AM, "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From, of all places, the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists E-News. > Pat, they dumbed it down---or, rather, "dunged" it down. Again, > ounce-ophrenia: > > "A Sign of the Times. Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture-engineering professor > at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology said that his team has > successfully extracted 1.4 mL (0.042 ounces) of gasoline from every 100 g > (3.5 ounces) of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat. The new > technology could be a boon for livestock breeders in reducing the burden of > disposing of large amounts of waste, according to the researchers. " > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Dear Paul, Thanks for this quotation. I will use it in a future edition of the 'Metrication matters' newsletter. I can't use it this month as I have finished writing and editing 'Metrication matters 34' and it will depart from here on the 10th as usual. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305, Belmont, Geelong, Australia Phone 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by going to http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter Pat is the editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' chapter of the Australian Government Publishing Service 'Style manual for writers, editors and printers'. He is a Member of the National Speakers Association of Australia and the International Federation of Professional Speakers. He is also recognised as a Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist (LCAMS) with the United States Metric Association. For more information go to: http://metricationmatters.com This email and its attachments are for the sole use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. This email and its attachments are subject to copyright and should not be partly or wholly reproduced without the consent of the copyright owner. Any unauthorised use of disclosure of this email or its attachments is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender by return email. --
