US firms to make biofuel from beef, poultry by-products - AFP

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US firms to make biofuel from beef, poultry by-products

56 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A new biofuel project will mean what's for
dinner may also be what goes in the fuel tank with ConocoPhillips
and Tyson Foods joining forces to make diesel fuel from animal
byproducts.

The project announced Monday will produce "the next generation
of renewable diesel fuel," to help supplement petroleum-based
diesel fuel supplies, the companies said in a statement.

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Tyson, one of the world's largest meat producers, will make
capital improvements this summer in order to begin pre-processing
animal fat from some of its North American rendering facilities
later in the year.

ConocoPhillips, a Houston, Texas-based oil and gas group, will
make the necessary capital expenditures to enable it to produce
the fuel at several of its refineries.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070416/sc_afp/usenergyfoodcompany_070416180009

[aquart]

1. Better than making us or our animals eat them.

[Richard D]

2. But my car is kosher!

[jilln]

3. Wouldn't it be smarter and more ecological...

to use the plants they currently feed to livestock directly?

This is so disgusting. Using living beings to drive ourselves to the mall.

[OneBlueSky]

4. amen . . . n/t

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[hunter]

5. Maybe we could use dead people too...

A very obese dead grandma would fetch a far better price than a skinny one. Cremation via internal combustion engine...

Go ahead, grandma, "supersize" it! And we'll have an extra side order of fries, a giant strawberry milk shake, and a triple scoop of ice cream for desert! No, no, grandma don't get up from your scooter, I'll fetch it for you.

[applegrove]

6. I've heard about this. Apparentely you can get waste for free.