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Journal by drinkypoo on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:28PM

Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat processors in the United States, is currently making a deal with ConocoPhillips, one of the world's major oil companies. C|Net News reports that Tyson's waste animal fat could be processed into 175 million gallons of biodiesel a year, and that ConocoPhillips plans to invest a hundred million [US] dollars on the project. A pilot program has been successfully running at a Tyson facility in Ireland.

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Fat Asses (Score:2)

by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) * writes:

Half of USA could liposuction half of their excess, and fuel the nation for half the next century.

Mileage may vary... ;-)
- Two words (Score:2)
  
  by nizo ( 81281 ) * writes:
  
  soylent oil
  
  Plus we no longer have to waste space burying people.
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) * writes:
    
    Will Charlton Cruise lead the way?
    
    I'm actually a big Harry Harrison fan.
Thermal Control Process (Score:2)

by BobPaul ( 710574 ) * writes:

I wonder if this is similar at all to Changing World Tech's [slashdot.org] TCP process, or if this is more along the lines of standard bio-diesel?
Is it just me... (Score:1)

by SheeEttin ( 899897 ) writes:

Is it just me, or did anyone else think that the fat was coming from someone named Tyson personally?
I love it. (Score:2)

by sulli ( 195030 ) * writes:

Now all the "I Modded My Car To Run On Biodiesel" hippies will have to look extra hard to buy vegetarian biodiesel.
Interesting, but... (Score:1)

by nickyj ( 142376 ) writes:

How much fuel does it take to transport and convert this fat? I hope this process produces more than it uses or else we are just creating a different problem or making it worse. Granted, I understand it takes time to perfect processes to be more efficient, and the companies won't do things that will produce a loss. I'm glad that more companies are taking these alternative fuels seriously, I really hope it's for the greater good of all.
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  by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
  
  How much fuel does it take to transport and convert this fat?
  Transportation is actually better than crude, in that a greater percentage of the raw material will be made into fuel. Of course, portions of crude not made into fuel are made into other things so it's not a direct/fair comparison.
  Converting is pretty simple when it comes to vegetable but I don't know much about animal fat biodiesel. I would assume that it's within a few points of the efficiency of making it from veg oil, though we all know abou

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