Waste coffee grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel

Waste coffee grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel

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Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks.

The scientists estimated, however, that spent coffee grounds can potentially add 340 million gallons of biodiesel to the world's fuel supply.

The resulting coffee-based fuel — which actually smells like java — could make a profit of more than $8 million a year in the U.S. alone

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Biodiesel is a growing market. Estimates suggest that annual global production of biodiesel will hit the 3 billion gallon mark by 2010. The fuel can be made from soybean oil, palm oil, peanut oil, and other vegetable oils; animal fat; and even cooking oil recycled from restaurant French fry makers. Biodiesel also can be added to regular diesel fuel. It also can be a stand-alone fuel, used by itself as an alternative fuel for diesel engines.

All these small things add up!
I just wonder how many more everyday things can be recycled into a viable means of fuel.


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