Texas entrepreneur comes up with unusual alternative energy: mesquite chips
February 12, 2010
Texas Tech University professor Michael Farmer, an expert in environmental and land management in the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, said Hill 'has got a neat idea' to use mesquite to power plants and generate electricity.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Randy Hill lives amid the fossil fuels of America, a place where natural gas and crude oil made millionaires and the landscape is dotted with pump jacks.
Texas Tech University professor Michael Farmer, an expert in environmental and land management in the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, said Hill "has got a neat idea" to use mesquite to power plants and generate electricity.