High-Test Cooking Oil.Environmentalists might be tickled to learn that the National Park Service's 56-foot research boat has been retrofitted to run on used cooking oil. The fuel, which costs nearly $4 a gallon, is shipped from the Midwest, not the Middle East -- and it's non-toxic. Propelling pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin the "Pacific Ranger" with cooking oil may seem appropriate, considering its job is to cruise around the Channel Islands monitoring the health of the marine ecosystems Marine ecosystems are part of the earth's aquatic ecosystem. They include oceans, estuaries, salt marshes, lagoons, some tropical ecosystems, such as mangrove forests and coral reefs, rocky, subtidal ecosystems, and shores. . The two-year pilot program, funded with a $70,000 federal grant, is designed to demonstrate the viability of using 100 percent organic-based fuels in a sensitive marine environment. So what's the reaction when people hear the research vessel A research vessel (R/V) is a ship primarily constructed to carry out scientific research at sea. Role of research vessels Research vessels carry out a number of roles at sea. Some of these can be combined into a single vessel, others require a dedicated vessel. runs on cooking oil? "Some people look at you and say, 'What?'" said maintenance supervisor Kent Bullard. "But the people who work here tend to think it's pretty neat stuff See interesting stuff. ." |
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