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Car Parts from Cocunuts.
January 13, 2009 9:06 AM

That's right, researchers are rapidly looking into all things sustainable and renewable:

Baylor University researchers have found a way to make car parts with coconut fibers, a process that utilizes waste coconut husks and would increase income for farmers. Though a process that utilizes coconut fibers in place of synthetic or polyester fibers in compression molded composites, the researchers have focused on coconut-based trunk liners, floorboards and interior door covers.

Part of their goal is to design products that can be manufactured simply and inexpensively, as well as triple the market price for coconuts to 30 cents each.

The ramifications for poverty reduction at 30 cents per coconut is tremendous:

The researchers have been working on low-cost products that can be made with coconuts, abundant in equatorial regions where about 11 million coconut farmers earn about $500 a year.

Coconuts aren't going to be just for eating and drinking anymore!


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