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Will buses be run on coffee?

17th June 2017

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The inexorable rise of renewables is encapsulated in this BBC piece that highlights an unusual substance that is on the point of being used as a fuel - coffee waste

Green entrepreneur @arthurkay_ wants London buses to run on fuel generated by coffee waste (which inc palmitic acid) https://t.co/KCjJjgek5a pic.twitter.com/nLu0UgX2RO
— eedc (@eedcAndy) June 15, 2017

There seem to be grounds (see what I've done there!) for doing this - if you could convert all coffee waste into power you could power Manchester, according to the article.

Sweden too, has made great strides in this direction, demonstrating that, eventually, markets are working to tackle pollution, albeit slowly.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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