Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:26:38 GMT
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year. AAA says the average gas price in Georgia right now is about $3.46 a gallon. That'sMore >>
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:20:46 GMT
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear. Rangers expect a large number of boaters all weekend. They say they will strictlyMore >>
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:14 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:14:04 GMT
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma. Not only are a lot of people already donating items, but people are chippingMore >>
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:20:52 GMT
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believesMore >>
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believes it will be a helpful tool in closing some cases.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:08 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:08:36 GMT
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongingsMore >>
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongings and pets that were lost during the storm More >>
January 18, 2008
Dawson -- Researchers at the National Peanut Lab in Dawson are making bio-diesel fuel from peanuts, and will run their tractors on their research farms with the alternative energy.
They say it's proof that South Georgia farmers can do the same thing, becoming energy self sufficient. The U.S.D.A. Scientists set up this peanut distillery at their lab, and began making the bio-diesel this month.
They take peanuts like these, and crush them into smaller pieces, then feed them into an expeller where the peanut oil is crushed out of the nuts. Diesel engines could run off the peanut oil, but researchers are mixing it with petroleum products for the best bio-diesel mixture.
Researchers say they want to be able to show farmers the best way they can make their own fuel. Research Agronomist Dr. Wilson Faircloth said "no we control the cost of fuel by the way we grow the peanuts and the investment we put in the crop. Also it helps the rural economy, because it keeping the money here."
Researchers are producing 200 gallons of peanut oil a week now in their bio-diesel distillery.
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