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A farmer living in Somerset has used a bit of scientific know-how to come up with a rather green way of powering his Jaguar car. By taking all the rotting apples from his farm and storing them in two large underground tanks at his house, he can collect the methane which they produce as they decompose; a quick conversion on the car allows it to be powered by this gas. His XJ6 Jag now runs on 40p a litre and still returns 28 miles per gallon, and has a reported 10% increase in power! The farmer, a green enthusiast, hopes to turn his little apple tanks into plants, and make a bigger thing about methane propulsion, which is much more popular on the continent than in Britain - something he’d like to change.

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