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Green Options » hilarides dairy http://greenoptions.com/tag/hilarides-dairy Posts tagged 'hilarides dairy' Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en California Dairy Trucks Swap Diesel Fuel for Cow Manure http://ecoscraps.com/2009/03/01/california-dairy-trucks-swap-diesel-fuel-for-cow-manure/ http://ecoscraps.com/2009/03/01/california-dairy-trucks-swap-diesel-fuel-for-cow-manure/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:41:38 +0000 Adam Williams http://ecoscraps.com/2009/03/01/california-dairy-trucks-swap-diesel-fuel-for-cow-manure/

Hilarides Dairy, in California, has converted a pair of big rigs (18-wheelers) to run on biomethane produced from cow manure. The effort is thought to be the nation’s first trucks powered by chow chips.

Hilarides plans to use manure produced by 10,000 cows, generating 226,000 cubic feet of biomethane daily — enough to reduce the company’s daily diesel fuel consumption by 650 gallons.

Source: Wired

Photo: 10-4 Magazine

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