Title: Sci-Tech: Tires made using orange oil

" From the Boston Museum of Science. -- today to find any CN."

" And -- sci tech today's segment reinventing the wheel all Greg Murray joins us from the museum of science and often the talk about how oranges are being used to make tires Greg thanks for being here -- good afternoon that's that you were gonna be talking about scientists from Yokohama tire company."

" Actually started manufacturing and new product available for our cars that basically uses. Oil from Orange peels in place of crude oil to make tires so tell us a little bit about -- tires. "

" So basically the idea is is that your average -- contain something Blake."

" Ten gallons of Wales with the signs are hoping to do -- to find something else that would take -- of that oil. And basically what they settled on was the oil that you would find in the appeal of an orange. "

" Why oranges why did they go with oranges well what's the."

" The great thing about these tires and everything the -- and oranges as the tigers look in BT just like a normal tires we could take a look here -- what when of the tires actually looks like. On that orange material the oil actually allow the rubber to set the seemingly crude oil does."

" Now this country throws away about 300."

" Million tires every single year and -- ten gallons of oil apiece that's three billion gallons of oil that gets thrown away and former tires. Now with oranges one of the great things about it is it's renewable you wind -- using orange peels of if you need more you can grow more."

" How did these tires perform. Compared to regular tires and it's a great question and one of the great things about these tires they actually perform even better."

" Other scientists that started doing this research that we're looking into the tires. Actually develop them for use in sports cars seeking imagine the Porsche races that are bought in Europe and stuff like that on sports cars like the one that you're looking -- on your onscreen. And the reason why they do this is that rubber material. -- basically the oil makes the tiger slightly softer so when you're accelerating. Or when you're breaking when you're turning really fast it turns out the tires heat up just a little bit. It's that heat that gives the tire a little bit more traction on the road -- quarter batter you accelerate better and to break better."

" You -- saying that oil is taken from the appeal of the orange so."

" With them doing this does it affect the food supply at all taking oranges out of the food supply well this is one of the great things about this is you know when you think given aren't you think it's something like -- wondering oh great now -- immediately get orange -- because everyone's going to be you know buying these retires. But the great thing about it is you can use the same part of the orange that you would use to make use. And basically what you're left with refugees and oranges and -- looks like this appeal that most of us would either compost to throw away. And it's this appeal to the site history -- did it because when you squash this appeal -- the lying down that's for -- actually getting oil from so that's what the scientists are using. So unlike some other technologies that you know you might have to give up a whole orange here -- basically using the byproduct of something already doing for a different purpose sounds great are they planning on mass producing -- orange oil tires outlets one of the neat things about this technology is this isn't something we're gonna have to week you know ten years or twenty years Steve -- something and actually I right now. On this particular tire company comma is producing these tires right now with the moment. And you being made available for the most common types of vehicles so you can find them out there if you're looking for more information on the disaster mechanic."

" And it seems like there could be other potential applications for orange oil."

" it was a really powerful component am one of the reasons why depicted for tires simply because it is such a strong whale. It worked so well so we're gonna see other applications aren't too it was well everything from food additives that's been used worked for years in some cases up to commercial cleaners. Environmentally friendly cleaners are also meet with large oil."

" All right Greg -- at the Museum of Science in Boston thanks so much for joining us negotiate it was nice talking with him."