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Karen
Enkidu (AKA Slim)
Beowolf (AKA Wolfie)
Blaze (AKA Blaze)

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Lard into Lights

It's really not that the Dutch are only concerned about pigs...it's just the pig articles so far that I've felt like sharing. Maybe if more people talked about pigs, it wouldn't be so interesting. It's a nice little translation exercise for me, anyway. That and this little pig graphic is just cute!

I can only wonder how vegetarian environmentalists are going to feel about this!

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Elektriciteit uit varkensvet

De Groningse varkensvetsmelterij Ten Kate gaat een
elektriciteitscentrale bouwen die werkt op reuzel. Het varkensvet
heeft volgens de eigenaar van de smelterij dezelfde calorische
waarde als stookolie. Met zijn centrale wil Ten Kate zo'n tien
megawatt opwekken; dat is voldoende elektriciteit voor 30.000
huishoudens.
Varkensreuzel wordt doorgaans toegepast in bakkerijproducten.
Het gebruik als brandstof is nieuw.

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Bron:
Nieuwsservice van Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
Editie: Nederlands Nieuws, 10 juni 2006
http://www.rnw.nl/


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Electricity from Pig Fat

The Groningen pig fat refinery Ten Kate is going to build a power plant that runs on lard. According to the owner of the refinery, the pig fat has the same calorie value as fuel oil. Ten Kate would like to produce about ten megawatts; which is enough electricity for 30,000 households.
Pig lard is already used in baking products.
The use as fuel is new.

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Source:
Nieuwsservice van Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
Edition: Nederlands Nieuws, 10 June 2006
http://www.rnw.nl/

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