> On Apr 10, 12:32 pm, BretCah...@peoplepc.com wrote:
>

>> Are there any web pages that give out the plans for a home brew micro
>> version? Instead of feeding the garbage can you could produce your
>> own renewable fuel.

>

>> It should be quite popular even with nonmotorists.

>

>> Bret Cahill

>

>> "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).