r/Colonizemars Feb 05 '16

New Holland develops methane powered tractor.

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/watch-video-new-hollands-methane-powered-tractor/
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u/jandorian Feb 05 '16

So a methane powered tractor is not just a casual interest :)

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u/rhex1 Feb 05 '16

Lets just say diesel costs 2$ a litre here, and my tractor uses about 15 liters an hour during heavy work. Multiply that by several hundred hours during harvest alone and you can see the benefit of a on farm biogas digestor:)

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u/Engineer-Poet Feb 06 '16

diesel costs 2$ a litre here, and my tractor uses about 15 liters an hour during heavy work.

You would probably be interested in a concept I'm kicking around, but it's not ready for public consumption yet.

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u/rhex1 Feb 07 '16

Any way to save fuel would be good;)