This company is powering cars with cactus juice
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.
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