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For years now I am trying to figure an idea not so painful to collect
my never ending "competition grade" methane gas in a tank to run my BBQ
LOLOLOLOL
Have a great weekend
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton
www.yannismarine.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy P" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: crappy situation.... was: Cops on Board Today
> On Friday 06 April 2007 18:14, Henrik Hudson wrote:
>> On Friday 06 April 2007 13:17, Lew Hodgett <>
>> sent
>> a
>>
>> missive stating:
>> > SFWIW, it was announced yesterday that Los Angeles has fund a project
>> > to make poop a paying proposition.
>> >
>> > They will be pumping poop several thousand feet down old oil well
>> > shafts on Terminal Island where it will produce methane that will be
>> > used for fuel.
>> >
>> > One developed, the technology will be for sale.
>>
>> They going to rename their city Bartertown and build a Thunderdome as
>> well?
>>
>> Henrik
>
> You know.... that's not such a bad idea... in spite of sounding "Mad
> Max"ish
>
> In Alberta there is an ever increasing shortage of water, made even worse
> by
> the use of millions of gallons of fresh water being used for oil
> extraction.
> All they have to do is dump their sewage into the wells and it makes the
> wells
> produce a renewable resource, in addition to saving clean fresh water.
>
> It may sound like the idea stinks <grin> but I think it makes more sense
> to
> use a waste product which produces methane, (a greenhouse gas which can
> then
> be reduced by it's combustion) than to use a food crop like corn or grain
> to
> produce methanol.
> You think paying high prices for gasoline is bad ? Just wait until farmers
> make more money selling their crops for fuel.
> The currently rising price of corn, caused by it's demand for ethanol
> production, is also increasing the cost of feed, thereby increasing the
> production cost of things like chickens and eggs.
>
> hmmm... now, where in the bilge did I put those old cans of beans ? :-)
>
> Have a good weekend all.
> Roy Pennington
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