Actor looks at San Joaquin Valley's manure and sees energy (John O'Hurley from Seinfeld)

Monday, Apr. 12, 2010
Actor looks at San Joaquin Valley's manure and sees energy
By John Holland


John O'Hurley played J. Peterman, the guy on "Seinfeld" who put out a clothing catalog filled with elaborate prose.

So, what's the actor up to lately? Scouting the nation for manure.

O'Hurley is a partner in Energy-Inc., a Las-Vegas-based company that turns waste from livestock and other sources into energy.

He said the dairy and poultry industries of the Northern San Joaquin Valley could be prime sources of the raw material, though no specific projects have emerged here for the company.

"It's not just a green technology," O'Hurley said by phone from Los Angeles last week. "It actually just makes good business sense. Basically, the liability of the agricultural waste is now an asset."


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AP - This July 8, 2009 photo shows John O'Hurley posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles





AP - A Holstein cow stands on top of a pile of manure Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, at a dairy farm in Chino, Calif. The South Coast AQMD is pursuing tighter manure emissions regulations for dairy farms, which would hit Chino Valley hard since it has one of the highest concentration of cattle in the country. Manure gives off ammonia which causes particulate air pollution. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)