Friday, August 27, 2010

Good morning,

We don't like to promote stereotypes here in Living Green,
but on the other hand we can't say we're surprised that
the Scots came up with this idea...

Whisky-powered cars.

While using food crops (like corn) to create bio-fuels has
been proven to be economically and energy inefficient, this
fuel is created from the by-product of an already existing
and large industry. While the fuel offset it would create
is small, it is a step in the right direction.

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Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have developed
a chemical process using the two main by-products of whisky
production to make butanol, which can be used to fuel
vehicles. The two by-products used are pot ale, which is a
liquid, and the spent whisky grains, called draff.

Scotland produces large quantities of whisky, enough that
there are 1,600 million liters of pot ale and 187,000 tons
of draff left over. These waste products can now be used
to create biobutanol, which is said to produce 30 percent
more power than ethanol.