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E-Fuel MicroFueler Turns Sugar, Stale Beer Into Gas For Your Ride |
| Published: April 28, 2008, 10:50 am |
| Tags: gadgets, alternative fuels, beer, e fuel, ethanol, green |
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The dream of a home ethanol pump has been realised, says the New York Times, thanks to inventor named Floyd S. Butterfield. One of the world's only celebrated non-hillbilly still-makers, Butterfield has invented the $10,000 E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler, a gadget that combines heaps of sugar and a sprinkling of yeast to ferment an alcoholic brew which it then distills into ethanol. The notion is that, as long as the price of sugar stays relatively low, it could cost about $1 per gallon to make the fuel. It's even cheaper when you put un-drunk stale beer in the system: Since the fermentation is done, all it takes is the electricity to distill the beer into scotch whiskey fuel for your car. [ Full article ] |
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