One Mexican company has taken that quite literally, harnessing the power of the prickly pear cactus to produce biofuel.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features and videosDescribed as the"green gold of Mexico," the nopal plant -- already a staple in Mexican diets, medicine and cosmetics -- is pureed and mixed with manure by a clean energy company called Nopalimex.The mixture is then left to decompose, a process which produces methane.
Hide Caption 3 of 6 Photos: The power of the prickly pear cactusUnlike gasoline, the nopal fuel doesn't harm the atmosphere, producing only water and nopal waste which can be used to irrigate and fertilize crops.Hide Caption 4 of 6 Photos: The power of the prickly pear cactusThe biofuel is valued at just 12 pesos per liter, around a third cheaper than the cost of regular gasoline.
That's certainly a novel idea. I look forward to hearing more about it.
I wanna join
Couldn't they just extract methane from the maneur?
Not feasible invention
I can't believe I'm the first / only one to post this.
Not here in America we like that good old fashion oil😉
This make me want to grill some Carne Asada
LET 👏 THE 👏 PEOPLE 👏 DRINK👏 IT 👏
ماهي استخدماته في الادويه
LET US TASTE IT
God bless
This makes sense.
It's inefficient and expensive and ridiculous, but i love it.
Nice concept
It's appreciable although Trump is ignoring Climate change
CNN, STOP SENDING ME A MILLION NOTIFICATIONS.
Pls this_vid kindly download
Biofuels are not sustainable because of their low energy content. 21 kilojoules per 10 kg!!
by the way , its producing CO2 anyway
Stuff like this really pisses PETA off.... joerogan wait until they find out how underpaid the robots at the cactus juice factory are. Reports state one robot was also kicked.
I thought cactus juice was water lol..
Woah that is so amazing!
Tequila?
Wouww that’s really nice
Hey, great idea! Maybe farmers can make money again and get off Socialist Trump-fare by growing cactus instead! LOL!
Would you mind just standing in a phone booth somewhere and just looping that music nonstop?
sugarcane, Beetroot, barley and many other plant produce can be fermented to Methanol and used as bio fuel cactus ain't unique🙄🙄
Trump: Won’t work if you’re not driving in the desert. Lots of dead bald eagles with cancer because of cactus juice. I’ve see it. Sad. No collusion!
This is really fantastic!
That's a good example of renewable energy.
I guess all matter and energy can power an engine if suitably designed and engineered.....I guess the far off future yet possible.....
Cool....
saskboy
Tequila?
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