TY - ADVS ED - National Film Board of Canada. TI - Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut PY - 1974/// CY - Montreal PB - National Film Board of Canada KW - Environment and Conservation KW - Technology KW - Gas producers KW - Methane KW - Swine KW - Manure KW - Alternative energy resources KW - Cars KW - Fuels N1 - Also available in a video compilation: A World of Energy 2. ;Award: Novi Sad. ;Niru Bhola ;Pincourt, QC; Director, Tony Ianzelo ; producer, Michael Rubbo ; commentary, Kenneth McCready ; photography, Tony Ianzelo, Allan Morgan ; editing, Malca Gillson ; sound, Jean-Guy Normandin ; re-recording, Michel Descombes; 10-15 N2 - A delightful film encounter with a man who found his own substitute for gasoline in barnyard manure. Mr. Bate is an inventor, a classic combination of single-minded know-how and practical dreamer. But his discovery is real enough. The film shows how his home-made digester does turn manure into potent methane gas to power his auto. And for good measure he demonstrates his latest energy machine--a bicycle powered by the bumps on the road UR - https://www.nfb.ca/film/bates_car_sweet_as_a_nut ER -