Friday, November 04, 2005

Cows make fuel for biogas train

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cows make fuel for biogas train:
by Tim Franks -- 10/24/2005
"Yes, he says, the train between Linkoping and Vastervik will cost 20% more to run on methane than on the usual diesel. But the oil price is going up and up, and in any case, Swedes care about being able to pick our mushrooms and their fruit.
Nor is it just trains. In Linkoping, the 65-strong bus fleet is powered by biogas. Indeed the city boasts that it was the first in the world to try out its buses on methane."

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