French fries now fuel Disneyland's trains
You can feel a little better about scarfing down those fries at Disneyland. The grease from the frying is going to fuel some of the park's trains, according to the OC Register:
Guests downing chicken nuggets and french fries at Disneyland’s Tomorrowland Terrace are no longer just fueling themselves for a day of walking the park and riding the Matterhorn. These days, they’re also helping fuel the Disney trains. On Wednesday, the five Disneyland Railroad trains that circle a one-mile perimeter of the park began running on cleaner-burning biodiesel made with oil that comes from the resort’s restaurants and hotels. Park officials had tried a soybean-based biodiesel starting in 2007, but had to give up on that in November 2008 because of problems storing it underground.
Photo: Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times
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How cool! At least the grease is going to good use!
Posted by: Nicki K. | January 29, 2009 at 09:49 AM
That's great, Disneyland should be a leader in the Green movement. I hope they can convert all of their parking lot trams to biodiesel. And if they switch all of the urinals to the no-flush type, they could save tons of water as well.
Posted by: CrouchingBruin | January 29, 2009 at 03:26 PM