Whisky + microbes = promising gasoline additive. Everybody wins!
Leave it to the Scots to invent a way for whisky to benefit motoring. Clever Celt Martin Tangney saw an opportunity to turn a waste disposal problem faced by the nearly $6 billion Scotch whisky distilling industry into a profitable carbon-reducing biofuel called butanol.
as near drop-in replacement for gasoline, and by blending it with gasoline it can be distributed via existing infrastructure and safely burned as a lower-net-carbon fuel.For each liter of smokey, caramel-colored elixir that gets produced, a distiller ends up with 5.5 pounds of leftover grains and other solids known as"draff" and about 2 gallons of"pot ale"—a yeasty, watery liquid that's left in the still after the alcohol is boiled off.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Elon Musk is 'an angry man' who 'turns on everybody,' says longtime tech journalist Kara SwisherOn her podcast on Monday, journalist Kara Swisher blasted Elon Musk as an 'angry man' who 'turns on everyone,' eventually.
Read more »
Brendan Fraser Surprises Whisky a Go Go Crowd, Supports Son After Oscars WinBrendan Fraser celebrates taking home an Oscar with his son, Leland, on the Sunset Strip.
Read more »
Tony Shalhoub Confirms 'Monk' Reunion Movie In Development at PeacockMonk star, Tony Shalhoub, has revealed a reunion movie is currently in the works at Peacock.
Read more »
Honda Moving Accord Production To Indiana As Ohio Plant Gets Retooled For EVs | CarscoopsHonda Moving Accord Production To Indiana As Ohio Plant Gets Retooled For EVs | Carscoops carscoops
Read more »
‘Loving Vincent’ Distributor Good Deed Entertainment Launches Production Division Overseen By Phil GarrettEXCLUSIVE: Indie film distributor Good Deed Entertainment has today announced the launch of their new production division, to be led by Head of Production and Development Phil Garrett. Garrett wil…
Read more »