Turn your nose up at pond scum no more, folks. Turns out it’s the future…
“Clayton McNeff, a chemist and veteran industrialist, said his family-owned SarTec Corp. has perfected a three-year-old ‘continuous flow’ process and produces about 1,000 gallons of diesel weekly…from a variety of feedstocks that ranges from restaurant and ethanol-plant waste oils to non-edible crops and plain old pond scum” – Boston Herald
Apparently, the technology for treating algae oil traditionally produces soap. McNeff proposes to use the free-fatty acids for fuel instead.
So make the most of it while you can, brownliners. Soon, that fetching discoloured foam will be but a distant memory, locked away in heavily-guarded silos. What a shame ‘Klondike Scum Rush’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
[pic courtesy of urbanshoregirl]
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- No fireworks as cold bites hard at Jubilee - Journal Live
- Lords consideration of Commons amendments - Marine and Coastal Access Bill - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
- Middlesbrough anglers fined over fishing offences at the Tees Barrage - Fishnewseu (blog)
- Boat fishing ends at the lakes - Weston & Somerset Mercury
- Twitter Taunts
“Best fishing book ever…”
We all have one. I'm taking names...
Ninety-two in the Shade, by Thomas McGuane. "the finest fishing novel ever written, with the possible exception of Moby-Dick" - Paul Quarrington, Toronto Globe & Mail
The Joys of Trout, by Arnold Gingrich. "What a great book to read." - Pastor Caster, FlyAnglers.org
The Habit of Rivers: Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing, by Ted Leeson. "I find myself coming back to...'Habit of Rivers' quite a bit...Extremely well written book." - sculpin1, Fly Fisherman forum
Curtis Creek Manifesto, by Sheridan Anderson. "...hands-down the best book I’ve found to learn about the basics of fishing." - Kim Jackson, Albany Democrat-Herald
About Me
Taunted By Waters is what Trout Fisherman features editor Jeffrey Prest gets up to between salary negotiations.
Much as he'd like the credit for this play on the famous last words in A River Runs Through It, the real hero is Hannah Nordhaus, who coined the phrase in an article on her first try at flyfishing, for Rocky Mountain News. This blog is dedicated to her. The good bits, anyway.
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May 20, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Engaging article.. will definitely come back again soon…