Monterrey trains run on methane

Author: Ann Poochareon
Posted: August 25th, 2008 @ 1:31pm
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Tags: sustainability

TreeHugger has a great post on how the city of Monterrey, Mexico is using methane gas harvested from landfills to power their rail transit system by day — and light up city streets by night. And this is just the beginning.

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