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Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End

Posted by kdawson on from the and-a-pony dept.

Newscloud brings us news of a startup called E-Fuel promising to ship a home-brew ethanol plant, the size of a washer-dryer, for under $10,000 by the end of this year. We've had plenty of discussions about $1/gal. fuel — these guys want to let you make it at home. The company says it plans to develop a NAFTA-enabled distribution network for inedible sugar from Mexico at 1/8th the cost of trade-protected sugar, to use as raw material for making ethanol. A renewable energy expert from UC Berkeley is quoted: "There's a lot of hurdles you have to overcome. It's entirely possible that they've done it, but skepticism is a virtue."

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  1. A good reason to get rid of the alcohol taxes. by kidsizedcoffin · · Score: 4, Funny

    They already have consumer ethanol appliances, they go by other names: bread makers, home beer breweries, and the like. Won't help me much on getting around in my car, but I'll be too full and drunk to care.

  2. Re:Denatured alcohol by Rayban · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, there was sin tax error on line 1.

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