Home Brew for the Car, Not the Beer Cup
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
WHAT if you could make fuel for your car in your backyard for less than you pay at the pump? Would you?
The first question has driven Floyd S. Butterfield for more than two decades. Mr. Butterfield, 52, is something of a legend for people who make their own ethanol. In 1982, he won a California Department of Food and Agriculture contest for best design of an ethanol still, albeit one that he could not market profitably at the time.
Now he thinks that he can, thanks to his partnership with the Silicon Valley entrepreneur Thomas J. Quinn. The two have started the E-Fuel Corporation, which soon will announce its home ethanol system, the E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler. It will be about as large as a stackable washer-dryer, sell for $9,995 and ship before year-end.
The net cost to consumers could drop by half after government incentives for alternate fuels, like tax credits, are applied.
Random Posts:
- Chile Wants Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses, Your Tech Entrepreneurs
- Tech firm InteraXon to transmit brain waves across Canada
- Location Changed for Today!
- The Earth Is Warming? Adjust the Thermostat
- Cell Phones Become Handheld Tools For Global Development
2. Right-Click then Copy
3. Paste the HTML code into your webpage
Related posts:
