On 11 May 2006 17:44:39 -0700, "
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2006 09:38:55 -0400, Harry Krause
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Now the plan is to move from the lab to a full-sized pilot reactor on a
farm somewhere Downstate. Zhang predicts the process could get 3.6
gallons of crude oil a day out of each pig.

It sounds like we could get by with only three pigs unless our diesel
consumption goes up from the current average. When I first saw the
report I was concerned that we'd need more like a dozen or so.

So that's my story when the wife and neighbors complain, lucky we only
needed three.

Pigs are among the most intelligent animals, so I believe we can get
double duty from the critters without too much effort.

I plan to rig a treadmill down in the engine room, and put three
porkers on the belt. I'll lure them along with corn dangled on a line,
but of course I'll have to let them have a taste of corn once in a
while or they will soon tire of chasing the cob. My first question is
whether or not this will constitute a sort of "ethanol" propulsion
system, since I will be turning corn into motive power for my boat.

Now of course these same pigs won't be able to run too many hours
non-stop, so I'll install a system to recover pig poop from the bilge
and I'll set up a poop refinery on the swim step.
Ought to be able to make enough fuel while underway to be able to run
the engine whenever the pigs "poop out".

You echo the words of my grandfather, a Minnesota farmer, who always said
pigs were the smartest of farm animals. Chickens are the most stupid.

Oh, BTW, do you know what the white stuff in chicken poop is?

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'Til next time,

John H

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