Lynden cows fuel WWU vehicle
Business5-02-07
Calvin Bratt
EditorLYNDEN -- 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.
The cows of a Lynden dairy farm helped a Western Washington University experimental car
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)
Liberal/Progressive/Populist Thoughts from way outside the Beltway...
We'll tell you how it looks from out here in the Other Washington...
And rain on the conservatives parade.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Whatcom County Cow Powered Car
Yes, we have Moo-vers and shakers way up here in Whatcom County.
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