Amid the world’s rising concern for increasing global warming and soaring oil prices, companies are rapidly shifting to bank on alternative energy sources. Similarly, one of the items on the agenda of the International Whaling Commission is to develop ‘whalanol’.
Whalanol is a gasoline additive derived from whale blubber. Rune Frovik, secretary of the Commission justifies the plan by saying,
We think there is growing support for whaling in principle and in practice, as the IWC reports.
IWC and Exxon/Mobile feel that these energy alternatives are overlooked and they are banking on to harvesting nature’s surplus, as this is an animal which lived in nature.
The whalanol is a natural and renewable fuel additive that will be capable of working in any engine. It is also energy-efficient as it burns three times as efficiently as gasoline. According to the commission there could be no energy-source more environmentally friendly than whale-based petroleum additives.
Via: ifenergy
Comments
Sounds interesting, but what about the volumes available such ”whalanol”? The world consumes 10 million T of fossil oil a day, which means even a 0.1% addition of whalanol to oil would require 10,000 T of whalanol a day...god save the whales
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Actually, there is no such thing as ” whalanol”. I made it up on my blog. It’s eco-satire. Now it’s all over the internet.
Is it true Allan that there’s no such thing as whalanol? Hmmm... I was even hoping to see this in the market or at online shops like eBay and Autopartswarehouse