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Posted By: andre fourrier - Louisiana
Date: Monday, 6 March 2006, at 12:05 a.m.

Japanese Make Gasoline From Cattle Dung
By KOZO MIZOGUCHI, AP

TOKYO (March 3) - Scientists in energy-poor Japan said Friday they have found a new source of gasoline - cattle dung.

Heather Perry, National Geographic / Getty Images
Scientists hope to improve the technology so that cow dung gasoline can be put to commercial use within 5 years.

Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture engineering professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, said his team has successfully extracted .042 ounces of gasoline from every 3.5 ounces of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat.

"The new technology will be a boon for livestock breeders" to reduce the burden of disposing of large amounts of waste, Shibusawa said.

About 551,155 tons of cattle dung are produced yearly in Japan.

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Hope for cheaper gas prices
andre fourrier - Louisiana -- Monday, 6 March 2006, at 12:05 a.m.

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