Saving from lamb-power
NZPA staff correspondent Lohdon
New Zealanders will save “a mint” by using lamb fat as truck fuel, according to the “Sun” newspaper in London.
The revolutionary process, developed by Perkins Engines of Peterborough in England for the New Zealand Liquid Fuels Trust Board, works by blending the fat with diesel oil. The “Sun” said tests had
shown two lambs were needed to make a gallon of fuel. Trucks had already been averaging 16km to the lamb.
“Experts reckon New Zealanders will save a mint — the three million population is outnumbered 23 to one by sheep,” the tabloid reported.
A Perkins Engines research spokesman, Mr Derek Noble, told NZPA that sheep fat had “worked
well” when tested in Perkins engines. It had good combustion qualities and allowed the engine to run smoothly. Sheep fat fuel could mean big savings for New Zealanders, especially farmers, through the use of a natural resource.
“It may not be a big seller on the world market but in New Zealand ... well, there are certainly plenty of sheep,” he said.
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