Green Options » still http://greenoptions.com/tag/still Posts tagged 'still' Thu, 08 May 2008 18:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en MicroFueler Makes $1/gal Homebrew Ethanol From Sugar http://gas2.org/2008/05/08/microfueler-makes-1gal-homebrew-ethanol-from-sugar/ http://gas2.org/2008/05/08/microfueler-makes-1gal-homebrew-ethanol-from-sugar/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 18:59:04 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/05/08/microfueler-makes-1gal-homebrew-ethanol-from-sugar/ MicroFueler ethanolHomemade ethanol guru Floyd S. Butterfield and Silicon Valley entrepreneur and innovator Thomas J. Quinn want to see you making ethanol in your backyard. Their creation, called the E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler, is a stacked washer-dryer sized reactor that can convert sugar into ethanol for (they claim) $1.00 per gallon.

Before you get too excited, please note that the unit is probably too expensive for your next block party, unless you’ve got an extra $9,995 lying around somewhere. Fortunately, state and Federal tax credits can halve this, but that still keeps it out of the price range of the average American.

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