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Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing Laundry

By Mr Ethanol | May 9, 2008

The MicroFueler - A Washing Machine That Makes DIY Ethanol

Wired News:
People were making ethanol at home long before there were cars. They called it moonshine. With gas prices going through the roof and everyone worried about global warming, a California company is betting people will jump at the chance to use the same technology to turn sugar into fuel for less than a buck a gallon.

E-Fuel Corporation has unveiled its EFuel 100 MicroFueler, a device about the size of a stacking washer-dryer that uses sugar, yeast and water to make 100 percent ethanol at the push of a button.

“You just open it like a washing machine and dump in your sugar, close the door and push one button,” company founder Tom Quinn told us. “A few days later, you’ve got ethanol.”

Is it really that easy?

According to Quinn, it is. The MicroFueler weighs about 200 pounds and hooks up to a water and 110 or 220 volt power supply and wastewater drain just like a washing machine. It uses raw sugar (not the refined white stuff) and a proprietary time-release yeast mixture as feedstock. You can also use left-over booze if you’ve got any lying around. Toss it all into the fermenting tank, turn on the machine and in seven days you’ve got 35 gallons of ethanol. The MicroFueler has its own pump and hose - just like the pump at your corner gas station - so you can easily fill up your car.

“It’s so simple, anyone can make their own fuel,” Quinn says. Depending upon the cost of electricity and water, he says, the MicroFueler can produce ethanol for less than $1 a gallon. Quinn likens the MicroFueler to the personal computer and says it will cause the same sort of “paradigm shift.”

“Just as the PC brought desktop computing to the home, E-Fuel will bring the filling station to the home,” he says. Read more.

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4 Comments to “Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing Laundry”

Gas Prices » Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing Laundry Says:
May 9th, 2008 at 5:14 am
[...] Economist’s View wrote an interesting post today on Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing LaundryHere’s a quick excerptThey called it moonshine. With gas prices going through the roof and everyone worried about global warming, a California company… [...]
Global Warming » Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing Laundry Says:
May 9th, 2008 at 5:35 am
[...] Clutch Magazine: fashion.beauty.life.culture wrote an interesting post today on Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing LaundryHere’s a quick excerptWith gas prices going through the roof and everyone worried about global warming, a California company is betting people will jump at the… [...]
Sharon Says:
May 10th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Wow, that is so awesome! Gas is so expensive nowadays, and I’m just wondering if this idea catches on…. how long it will take for our sugar to rise in prices.
Ethanol Business - Ethanol Business And Benefits Of Dynamic Renewable Fuel Says:
June 27th, 2008 at 2:03 am
[...] California-based firm E-Fuel Corp officially unveiled the 100 MicroFueler last month, there had been overwhelming interest in the product due to crude oil holding above $130 [...]

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