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SCHENECTADY COUNTY
Cow oil to be tested in cars Engine lubricant to come from animal
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

    Schenectady County could soon become the first to draw its supply of motor oil from a cow.
    Fat rendered from the animal could be used to lubricate engines in the Department of Public Works’ fleet of vehicles, depending on the results of a pilot program that will soon be under way in select county vehicles. Schenectady County is teaming up with Green Planet Products, a Connecticut-based consumer goods manufacturer, to test the effectiveness of the so-called G-Oil in high-use vehicles.
    Over the next couple of months, county DPW workers will compare the product’s effectiveness to see if it’s a viable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternative to the petroleum-derived oil used today. Depending on the results, the product could eventually be used in the county’s entire fleet of vehicles.
    “It’s going to be used in vehicles that have high mileage at first,” county spokesman Joe McQueen said this week. “If it performs as well and if it’s as efficient, we could switch.”
    Representatives from the Galesi Group initially approached the county with the idea and offered to supply the DPW with a 55-gallon drum of the product, which is the first 100 percent biodegradable motor oil to hit the market and the first approved by the American Petroleum Institute. Galesi is acting as the wholesale distribution arm for Green Planet Products and is targeting largequantity users for the oil. ....................>>>>......................>>>>.................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01104&AppName=1

What about subsidies to the ranchers/farmers.......how does that figure in????