Page 8 - Tallow Ban News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

This hour president obama was talking about his green energy goals and a big theme was biofuels. corn ethanol is probably the one most americans are familiar with, and maybe you ve heard of biodiesel made from recycled frying oil. well, amtrak is testing a newer type of biodiesel made from cows. i know, it sounds awful, doesn t it? but we re not talking about the happy cows from california, we re talking about fat, trimmed, and leftover at the slaughterhouse. it s rendered in tallow and converted to fuel and the b biodiesel is helping to run amtrak s heartland flyer route for a year or so. they want to see how the diesel engines react so they will be doing regular inspections and emissions testing. animal rights folks including the humane society and peta ....

President Obama , Frying Oil , Corn Ethanol , Republicans Aren T , Northern California , Animal Rights Folks , Emissions Testing , Diesel Engines , Humane Society , Heartland Flyer Route ,