Whatcom County Cow Powered Car

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Lynden cows fuel WWU vehicle
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5-02-07
Calvin Bratt
Editor

The cows of a Lynden dairy farm helped a Western Washington University experimental car

LYNDEN -- The cows of a Lynden dairy farm helped a Western Washington University experimental car win a $75,000 research award in a national contest in Washington, D.C., last week.
  Methane gas from the farm of Darryl Vander Haak powered a hybrid vehicle that was entered in the People, Prosperity and the Planet competition of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  The Viking 32 vehicle, using refined and compressed bio-methane from 17 cows per day, can obtain up to 50 miles per gallon and travel up to 400 miles per day, according to its developers. ...(more)