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Animal Fat into Synthetic Fuel

• How it works: Animal by-products (and vegetable oil) are converted into diesel fuels, including one product chemically equivalent to jet diesel.
• Who’s trying it: Dynamic Fuels, a partnership between Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corporation.
• Comparative Cost: The fuel has enhanced performance characteristics and is renewable, so will likely carry a premium.
• The numbers: The first plant will produce 75 million gallons each year—enough to power a 757 jet on a round trip from New York to Los Angeles more than 10,000 times.
• Timeline: A new plant near Baton Rouge will be operational in 2010, with plans for more plants in the works.

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