Today's cow is tomorrow's ... motor oil?
G-Oil wants to ensure that we waste not, want not when it comes to factory farming. (The beef tallow that's left when the steaks are cut from the cow can be a major energy source.)
HAVE MOICY! Poor Bessie is tomorrow's motor oil. (Credit: Flickr/publicenergy)
I’d add that the process uses a proprietary thermal depolymerization production technology, but that’s probably more than you want to know.
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People will continue to eat beef so why not use the byproduct as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels
I don't eat meat...and the whole idea does make me feel a bit squeamish....but, I mean, why not use every part of a cow...it's wasteful not to.
Listen Up Boy Scouts!!!
THE ARTICLE'S IDEA TO USE BEEF TALLOW IS JUST STUPID. BEEF TALLOW WON'T WORK. THE COWS ARE A MAJOR GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCER. SO DON'T USE THEM!!!
It's disappointing to read vegetarians/vegans and supposed environmentalists deterring others from using such an inovative product. I don't understand why Boy Scout Leader thinks using G-oil will contribute to greenhouse gases because cows are a green house gas producer. The beef tallow will be produced regardless of whether anyone is going to make oil with it or not. What G-oil will do is reduce waste from meat production as well as reduce the need for and use of petroleum based oil. Is it.... More
Vegans and Vegetarians are aware of the evils of factory farming, the LAST thing we want is another industry profiting from the inhumane treatment of animals.
We want them to STOP killing cows (an industry that NOT eco friendly), the fact that they have found yet another self serving use for animal corpses is hardly impressive.
I won't use it, and am here in fact to actively discourage it's use.
By the way they already use beef tallow for other things. Although I.... More
This is interesting because this fuel does not compete with food like grain production did last summer and contributed to almost creating a food crisis.
As Mark C. Henderson points out in a recent book (see Green Energy), renewable energy will have to focus on fuel sources that do not compete with food. Many of these exist, especially in the form production residues and by-products (as above), for example in the forestry industry. .... More
Although cows don't always eat what we eat, they usually eat stuff that grows where our food could be grown. And they eat a lot.
Are we forgetting that Factory Farms (and fisheries) are the major cause of Global Warming?
It's not only NOT eco-friendly, it's cruel.
Becoming a Vegetarian/Vegan is the best thing you can do for the environment. Everything else is admirable, but only a band-aid solution to a bigger problem.
Why not find a way to fuel our vehicles with our garbage, or bring back the electric cars.
There are humane alternatives to everything, so leave the animals out of.... More
