And an adult elephant can eat from 150 to 220 kg (330 to 440 pounds) of plant matter daily.
So Will decided to try to use the remaining equipment for what it was intended for, turning plant matter into alcohol.
The technique works by focusing high-powered microwaves on plant-based material, transforming the tough cellulose molecules of the plant matter into volatile gases.
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They are much more efficient at converting plant matter into edible tablefare than livestock, so there is an environmental benefit as well.
From these it is possible to estimate the mass of plant matter (and thus the quantity of carbon stored) in an area.
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Dale is developing a method to break these bonds by treating plant matter with ammonia at 200 degrees Fahrenheit under 250 pounds of pressure for five minutes.
Existing biofuels such as ethanol are based on plant matter.
The process is also capable of transforming virtually all plant matter into liquid fuel, whereas typical ethanol refining uses only the fatty acids that make up around 10 percent of the mass of dried plants.
Until a few years ago, assessing the amount of plant matter in a forest in a cheap and accurate manner seemed an insurmountable problem, according to Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist of the World Wide Fund for Nature, a conservation group that is also involved in the Nepalese lidar project.
Carl Rhode of Entergy, the plant's operator, told WGNO that the threat to the intake system is not a matter of nuclear safety.
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In the northern England city of Gateshead, for example, a De La Rue PLC plant prints bank notes on behalf of several euro-zone countries, according to people familiar with the matter.
Once you have spent the money to build a plant, you run full bore, even if prices are depressed, because you have the depreciation charges no matter what you do.
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