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Coffee For Your Car?

Author: benj Category: Eco-friendly Tags: coffee, Germany, Switzerland

Friday
Aug 7, 2009

A lot of the people drink coffee around the world. Naturally, millions of tons of coffee grounds end up in waste bins everywhere. If some enterprising business and scientists in Switzerland and Germany could have their way though, they would sell the grounds as a material that could potential power your car in the future.

While the technology is not exactly there yet, they have been able to produce compost material that could eventually be used to produced biodiesel. With the right amount of research and investment, you may just end up filling up your car with the same thing you drink every morning.

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