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Power Plant Fueled By Nut Shells

Posted by simoniker on from the don't-have-to-be-nuts-to-work-here dept.

sbszine writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running an article about a green power plant that runs on the discarded shells of macadamia nuts. The power plant, located in Gympie, Queensland, is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 9500 tonnes in its first year of operation."

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  1. Some times you feel like a nut... by Powercntrl · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...sometimes a volt.

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  2. Nuts by CGP314 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The power plant, located in Gympie, Queensland, is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 9500 tonnes in its first year of operation.

    In an unrelated story, macadamia nut consumption is up 10,000%

  3. This is a failed experiment... by shadowcabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...after trying to harness the power of looney, wacky, zany, or crazy, they succeeded only in making use of nutty power.

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  4. Now if only... by thesuperjason · · Score: 5, Funny

    we could develop a plant that converted empty XXXX (local QLD beer) cans into usable power. Now that'd be something! Well, it'd ease my concience anyway...

    1. Re:Now if only... by Hittite+Creosote · · Score: 3, Funny
      > we could develop a plant that converted empty XXXX (local QLD beer) cans into usable power

      It would finally give a reason for XXXX to exist. Unless the stuff you export to the UK is some sort of revenge tactic. 'I got it, Bruce! We'll put kangaroo piss in XXXX cans and send it to England! Those poms will never spot the difference...'

  5. Can you see the O'Reilly user manual? by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nutshell Power in a Nutshell.

    I'm guessing it'd have a monkey on the cover. Or perhaps, sticking with the power plant theme, a picture of Homer Simpson eating nuts.

    I know I'd pay good money for that book.

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  6. Yeah, cos macademia nut shells are a big problem by Moderation+abuser · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unlike the thousands of tonnes of domestic rubbish we throw into huge steaming pits every day.

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  7. Rogue Nation by Potor · · Score: 5, Funny

    How did they get the technology to split the nut?

    1. Re:Rogue Nation by Mattcelt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, basically, they take another nut and shoot it at high velocity at a group of nuts. (This group must be large enough to have a "critical mass".) When the accelerated nut hits the group of nuts, it breaks, sending portions of its innards (the meat, in technical terms) into the other nuts, which break open other nuts, which cause them to release their meat, with each nut releasing its potential energy in an ever-increasing "chain reaction".

      But they need to control this highly dangerous process, so they use a fluid which surrounds the nuts to slow the reaction at the edges of the mass. They looked for a long time before they chose just the right formula, but they've settled on a standard, something physicists call "dark chocolate".

      The major byproduct is a nutmeat-filled candy bar called "Hershey's", named after the scientist/confectioner who invented the process. While highly dangerous to a small portion of the population, most people are only subject to a small subset of detrimental effects.

      In related news, recently the doorways in the plant had to be widened considerably to accomodate the plant's regular staff, who seem to have taken to eating the power plant's byproduct.

  8. No Simpsons joke yet? by BenjyD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nearly thirty posts and no Simpsons joke yet? You guys are slipping.

    Mmm ... macamadamia nuts

  9. I'll be here all week. by Docrates · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, in a Nut shell, there's a lot of energy.

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