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Kick the oil habit with a make-your-own ethanol kit
By Timothy Gardner, Reuters
Thu May 8, 6:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK — A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices.
E-Fuel Corp unveiled on Thursday the "MicroFueler" touting it as the world's first machine that allows homeowners to make their own ethanol and pump the brew directly into their cars.
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Science News - Kick the oil habit and make your own ethanol
Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard
Wouldn't a still be cheaper?
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can't you concentrate it enough in a home still?
Some international politics:-
Brazil warns EU on green biofuel controls
Brazil warns EU on green biofuel controls | Environment | Reuters
BIG OIL does not like biofuels do they?
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CALIFORNIA
Veggie oil burners get burned by state's regulatory red tape
Fryer grease users frustrated by legal hurdles blocking way
Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times
Friday, May 9, 2008
Dave Eck, a Half Moon Bay mechanic, had attracted a media spotlight with his fleet of vehicles fueled by used fryer grease from a local chowder house. So when Sacramento called, he figured officials wanted advice on promoting alternative fuels.
Not at all. The government rang to notify Eck that he was a tax cheat.
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CALIFORNIA / Veggie oil burners get burned by state's regulatory red tape / Fryer grease users frustrated by legal hurdles blocking way
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Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
An initiative of the EPFL Energy Center
8th Meeting of the WG ENV – Background paper on Soils
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