Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End

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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Re:Bad bad idea.

[codepunk]

EV's are cool however that trucker is gonna be pissed when he has to swap
2 tons of batteries out to get another 15 miles down the road. Not to mention
most of our electricity is generated from coal. Or do you intend to install
about 20 acres of solar panels to recharge your car every day.