Date:         Thu, 3 Dec 1998 21:24:51 -0500
Reply-To:     "Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@VOL.COM>
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From:         "Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@VOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hydrogen powered?/FRIDAY
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Victor - You're rubbing salt into old wounds!!!  Indeed, I do hold the
patent on the first catalytic converter to be successfully operational
when inserted into ruminant rectums, BUT I did lose that USDA grant
because I just could not adapt it for use in the opposite orifice!  It's
difficult to get a ruminant to tolerate a small catalytic converter in
there oral cavity!!!  Jeez, it was one clean running machine, though.
Virtually complete conversion from methane to CO2 & H2O, at 106
degrees!  I'm still involved in lobbying the New Zealand government for
some more grant monies, though!

My trials with Ovine were abruptly stopped by my neighbors' complaints
to our County Health Department!  Pig feces IS difficult for neighbors
to abide!

BOB - WA4RRN
'85GL