E85 made out of Grass Clippings, Wood Chips, Paper Products and Cardboard! YEA!!!
by Amy Mattinat
I have fabulous news!
I read today on gasmilage.wordpress.com, Los Angeles County has approved a ground breaking facility that will revolutionize the Biofuel industry. They are going to be making their E-85 out of Grass clippings, wood chips, paper products, and cardboard… and not corn.
I have been pained watching the “powers that be” push corn down our throats as the best source of making ethanol. Anyone who has ever grown corn can attest to the fact that corn requires lots of pesticides, herbicides and a ton of fertilizers to grow. AND you need to rotate the field every year because it leeches out all the minerals from the soil. I was picturing the next “dust bowl” if corn became the replacement for gasoline.
I am so glad to hear that we can manufacture ethanol out of scraps and help clean up the environment at the same time!
What Is Your Favorite Alternative to Gasoline Powered Vehicles?
August 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Fabulous - I also read where they can get worms to poop petroleum! Great news indeed
August 10th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
The Micro Fueler is another alternative to using corn as an e85 source.
It uses basic sugars instead of corn (which we’re producing in excess anyway, also because of the “powers that be”), and is very efficient. Also, everybody could potentially distill their own, and it would fit nicely in your backyard, or against the garage.
August 20th, 2008 at 7:43 am
My favorite alternative would be Electric! I am all for Electric cars. I’m completely ga-ga over the Tesla Roasdster. But The price tag on that beauty almost gave me a heart attack! I’ll probably just convert my car to electric. Did anyone know that you can convert a gas powered car into an electric? I love technology! Check it out for yourself. I read about it here: http://gas2electric.net
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
There is a new non-profit organization based in Florida that is doing research in alternative sources of biofuel other than food sources. I agree that corn has a lot of energy investments and hope to find alternative solutions.