Car runs on rubbish in Cartagena

In a demonstration in La Azohia area of Cartagena a Madrid businessman, Francisco Angulo, showed that a normal diesel car could run on the new bio fuel he has invented. The new fuel, called Ecofa, can be made from organic household rubbish or agricultural waste. The process involves mixing shredded waste with water and a bacteria and allowing the mix to ferment for seven days. The result is ecological crude petroleum which can then be used to produce bio-fuel and plastics. During a presentation given to potential investors in the Hotel La Azohia de Isla Plana, Francisco Angulo, aged 30, said that at the moment ten kilos of organic waste generates one litre of ecological crude but with more research that production figure could be tripled. He said that the production cost would not be more than 20 cents a litre which after commercialisation would allow a price of 70 cents a litre at the pumps. The new fuel is free of polluting sulphur, mercury or lead, all present in conventional fossil fuels. If successful the new fuel could free Spain of its dependence on imports from Arab countries and even lead to exports.