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 Xtine66 rated 16 months ago - Smuggled alcohol used as fuel in Sweden
By Louise Nordstrom, Associated Press Writer
June 29, 2007
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Smugglers trying to sneak alcohol into Sweden are unwittingly helping fuel the country's public transport system and reducing its greenhouse emissions.
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- TOMTHUMB rated 16 months ago
- I wonder? Do the vehicles steer funny?
- MagsHills rated 16 months ago
- Sweden is recycling smuggled alcohol into alternative fuel! 25% of their energy usage comes from renewable resources compared to a 6% European Union average. I have to admire the Swedish people, they are closely connected to their beautiful environment, and why is their environment beautiful? Because they respect it of course!
Now some of you may have heard that the Swedish have rather draconian laws regarding the pursuit of pleasure, particularly regarding the consumption of alcohol. Have you been? Well I have, many times, and sometimes I have been right royally sloshed and had a fine time with some lovely people. Sweden knows how to party, they just don't leave a mess :-)
- Xtine66 rated 16 months ago
- Smuggled alcohol used as fuel in Sweden
By Louise Nordstrom, Associated Press Writer
June 29, 2007
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Smugglers trying to sneak alcohol into Sweden are unwittingly helping fuel the country's public transport system and reducing its greenhouse emissions.
Almost all of the 185,000 gallons of smuggled alcohol seized by the customs service last year was turned into alternative fuel and used to power buses, trucks and a biogas train, officials said Friday.
"We used to just pour it down the drain, but because of the increased volumes we had to look around for new solutions," customs spokeswoman Ingrid Jerlebrink said.
The beer, wine and liquor is taken to a plant in Linkoping, 125 miles southwest of Stockholm, where it is heated and converted into biogas.
Biogas is used in Sweden to power some 1,000 trucks and buses and one train, said Carl Lilliehook, head of Svensk Biogas AB, which handles most of the confiscated alcohol. ...
- jeco1030 rated 16 months ago
- really? that's an awesome experiments with liquids. anyway the Sweden goverment should nurture these "smugglers", they could be a great help to science -and future of gas development ideas.....
- baslisks rated 16 months ago
- wow that is so awesome. I love sweden. I wonder what it takes to move there.
- glenn321 rated 16 months ago
- maybe?kinda?!sorta!inaway....
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