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Is General Motors Hedging It s Bets And Talking A Load Of Rubbish?
At the recent Detroit motor show General Motors were talking rubbish! Household rubbish, that is. They are backing a system to turn garbage into bio-fuel. Instead of going to environmentally unfriendly rubbish tips, it would be delivered to reprocessing centres where micro-organisms (bugs) would turn it into ethanol fuel.
General Motors has entered into a deal with US bio-tech firm Coskata to produce ethanol at about 50p a GALLON. (Good name Coskata - sounds like cost cutter)
With oil now at around $100 a barrel that s quite a saving as a barrel is 42 US gallons (about 35 Imp gall. or 159 litres). According to the company it can make 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of rubbish and Cosaka President Bill Roe has said that a pilot plant will open later in the year with a plant capable of producing up to 100 million gallons a year on stream by 2011. The expected build programme is 20 25 fuel plants a year worldwide with one in the UK within 5 years.
GM Chairman Rick Wagoner said, It can use almost any source material including agricultural waste, municipal waste, plastics and old tyres,
There are already millions of cars which are running on bio-fuel and, to the surprise of show-goers, even Ferrari unveiled an ethanol powered prototype.
Subject to environmental concerns being allayed, this sounds like a great idea. Needless to say, the tax man will also be watching with interest!
At the same Detroit Motor Show Chevrolet was showing off it s new Equinox 4 x 4 SUV. This is a hydrogen cell powered prototype that has already cost over 1 billion to develop.
Hydrogen is one of the most plentiful elements on the planet and is the main constituent of water. It is about the cleanest of fuels but lots of people remember the horrific pictures of the Hindenburg disaster. However, engineers say that it is safer than the current petrol (Gasoline).
It will be interesting to see which fuel wins out in the end - remember 8 track car stereo systems and Betamax video?
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Help with German Homework please?
Hello, can any German speaker translate this for me. Google translate does not work so well.
I would be very greatful. Thanks :)
Hello, my name is mike.
My family name is johnson. today i will speak about my family.
first is my mother. She is fourtysix years old. she is an entrapeneur and works very hard. she comes from Ontario. her passtime is reading books. her favourite books are Harry Potter. she is very kind and intelligent. she cooks very healthy and her pasta is the best.
Second is my dad. He is my best friend. he is fifty years old. my dad is retired. He worked at General Motors. my dad plays guitar well and he taught me to play guitar. he is the best cook. His cooking is not healthy but it is so good. my dad likes to drink beer and play video games like me. My dads favourite thing is fishing at the cottage. he loves the summer.
third is my older sister. She is a very good person. she works at CIBC and is from Bowmanville. she is sporty and creative. her favourite activity is shopping. She is married and has a one year old boy named Carter. Carter is my nephew and he is the best. Carter likes to play and sleep often.
Fourth is my Grandma. My Grandma comes from scotland. She is 78 years old. she is very healthy and active. she likes to go hiking and bike riding. she is a friendly person and is very smart. she reads alot and loves her family. she was the principal of a school. now she is retired.
My family comes first. I love them much. Tomorrow i go home for the weekend and I can't wait to see them all.
Thanks for listening.
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