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The MicroFueler - A Washing Machine That Makes DIY Ethanol | Autopia from Wired.com
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May 8, 3:25pm
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•http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/ma...
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E-Fuel Corporation has unveiled its EFuel 100 MicroFueler, a device about the size of a stacking washer-dryer that uses sugar, yeast and water to make 100 percent ethanol at the push of a button.
"You just open it like a washing machine and dump in your sugar, close the door and push one button," company founder Tom Quinn told us. "A few days later, you've got ethanol."
*This is a home investment. $10,000 plus essential items over time.
I agree with one other reviewer of this article, who pointed out that our goal needs to be a complete moving away from gasoline and to something a bit more sustainable, and since WE need food to survive, we need another alternative to using corn and other food stuffs as fuel. It is a good first step, and science learned from the experience, but step over your egos, and let's go.
I would like to see this idea, where the "fuel" is created through compost created by day to day life. You can't wait for the "perfect" answer to come along, you have to try to meet invention half-way.
*sorry, I'm in a "conservation first" type of mood.
I do agree that we need to also upgrade the infrastructure to accommodate a move to alternative modes of transportation, such as the plug-in parking meters.
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