https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/seed/2008/12/18/the-buzz-coffee-as-fuel <span>The Buzz: Coffee as Fuel</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Coffee grounds may be able to provide energy beyond the caffeine buzz most drinkers seek, according to a study appearing this week in the <em>Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry</em>. The study's authors claim that the oil contained in grounds, when extracted, could produce as much as 340 million gallons of biodiesel per year. ScienceBlogger Greg Laden <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/12/coffee_as_a_source_of_biodiese.php">ponders</a> what will happen when coffee goes to make diesel instead of lattes.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/amillikan" lang="" about="/author/amillikan" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">amillikan</a></span> <span>Thu, 12/18/2008 - 05:55</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/coffee" hreflang="en">coffee</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/coffee-fuel" hreflang="en">coffee as fuel</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fuel" hreflang="en">fuel</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1898971" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1229600103"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>back of envelope calculation</p> <p>I'm a heavy coffee drinker.. so I run through maybe a pound a week ... how much viable oil in that pound of coffee?</p> <p>Anyhow, diesel fuel weighs about 7 lbs/gallon, so even at 100% conversion that coffee will produce 1/7 gallon of fuel... You can burn that in a few minutes</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1898971&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="qomek2AhEskOrXJOaS0ElM98HdsUrE01AG60dYVMxvY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">jayh (not verified)</span> on 18 Dec 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/17513/feed#comment-1898971">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1898972" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1229644828"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nice idea, though I imagine it's going to be pretty impractical to gather enough coffee grounds.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1898972&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="IW5JlhS49o4u55z2tgYPRZbfCyaTyivnT2UHiHbf9r0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.CoffeeShrine.com.au" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Saeco (not verified)</a> on 18 Dec 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/17513/feed#comment-1898972">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/seed/2008/12/18/the-buzz-coffee-as-fuel%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:55:04 +0000 amillikan 68674 at https://scienceblogs.com