| Re: Desk Top Cellulosic Alcohol |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: lorad474lorad474 Date: Apr 10, 2008 12:54
> Are there any web pages that give out the plans for a home brew micro
> version? Â Instead of feeding the garbage can you could produce your
> own renewable fuel.
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> It should be quite popular even with nonmotorists.
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> Bret Cahill
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> "On January 14, 2008, General Motors announced a partnership with
> Coskata, Inc. The goal is to produce cellulosic ethanol cheaply, with
> an eventual goal of $1 per gallon for the fuel. The partnership plans
> to begin producing the fuel in large quantity by the end of 2008. By
> 2011 a full-scale plant will come on line, capable of producing 50 to
> 100 million gallons of ethanol a year. [24]"
Yeah.. there's some home brew stuff out there that I've looked at.
If people go the bio-ethanol route rather than the bio-diesel route,
they will need two things:
1) An ethanol permit from BATF which, (surprisingly) is not hard to
obtain.
2) And if they want to use cellulose rather than grain based mash,
they will have to obtain the right kind of bacteria and fungii to lyze
and convert the lignin in the cell walls.
You can either buy the right kind of biota (which is patented) - or
you can experiment until the right kind of air-borne bacteria self-
innoculates the mash (which is how the patented biota was first
discovered anyway).
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