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Leanan on August 22, 2007 - 9:11am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Japan eyes chopsticks for biofuel

Japan will try to turn the millions of wooden chopsticks that go discarded each year into biofuel to ease the country's energy shortage, officials said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in China they're recycling disposable chopsticks in other ways...

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PeakOil Tarzan on August 22, 2007 - 9:23am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Boy, talk about scraping bottom...

And has China, Inc. taken it on the chin lately, or what?

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totoneila on August 22, 2007 - 9:53am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Boy, talk about scraping bottom...

No, the very real bottom will be scraped when China starts recycling used toilet paper without disinfection. Yuk!

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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PeakOil Tarzan on August 22, 2007 - 2:58pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Bob, I've heard it said that we needn't worry about our trade deficit with China because eventually those dollars will come back to us.

I just realized how that might happen ...

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