Current oil reserves are running low, it encourages people to seek alternative fuel. A wide range of materials ranging from soybeans, castor beans and even corn processed into fuel. However, what if the crocodile is used as an alternative fuel?
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In the United States, crocodiles are farmed for skins and meat taken. But another part is used as crocodile fat. Every year there are approximately 7 million pounds of fat crocodile wasted and only existed as a waste. Though this crocodile fats can be processed into fuel.
This led researchers at the University of Louisiana in the United States took the initiative to cultivate the crocodile fat. The researchers are trying to convert fat into biodiesel crocodile, which can be used by vehicles and help the American auto industry is being plagued by the problem, due to continued elevated prices of gasoline and diesel.
Dr. Rakesh Bajpai is a researcher, explained that the 7 million pounds of alligator fat can actually be converted into 4.73 million liters of biodiesel.
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The high biodiesel can be produced from crocodile fat, since about 61 percent fat mass of crocodiles can be converted into a liquid suitable for making biodiesel.
In addition, biodiesel from crocodile fat, 9 percent more environmentally friendly than diesel fuel made from petroleum. The quality is also equivalent to the biodiesel from soy, when compared to most other animal fats, the quality of crocodile fat was relatively higher.
If every state would bother to find alternative fuels that are environmentally friendly, in fact there are many things that can be processed. So there is no longer 100 percent dependent on petroleum, the reserves are running low.
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