Power Plant Converts Fruit and Veggie Waste Into Natural Gas For Cars

Zothecula writes "Some readers might remember the Mr. Fusion unit in Back to the Future that Doc Brown fills with household garbage, including a banana peel and some beer, to power the iconic time-traveling DeLorean. While we're still some way from such direct means of running our cars on table scraps, researchers at Fraunhofer have developed a pilot plant that ferments the waste from wholesale fruit and veg markets, cafeterias and canteens to make methane, which can be used to power vehicles."

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Land fill methane

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Methane gas is recovered from many land fill sites. Nothing new to see here, please move along.