Thursday, March 22, 2007

Making your own fuel

© 1979 Love Street Books, art by designed by Greg and Diane HarperI love homemade stuff. There's something rich and true about it. I'm also a big fan of the 3 R's we learned in school re-use, recycle and reduce. Apparently so is Jack Johnson, what a guy. I also like automobiles. They are sexy, they are fast and they take you places. So lets put them all in a blender and see what happens. RRrshrvckrsheevrVEEeeeeee. Home made fuel for your car.

Ingredients: Compost, neigbourhood compost
Process: chopping, mashing, fermenting and distilling.

Problems: Building the setup and a still is a bit pricey. Heating your mash requires energy. I would like to use a fireplace to heat a boiler that in turn heats the mash to distill the go juice.

Benefits: Free gas made in your backyard and if you make a food safe still you can make your own hooch, legally!


Resources:
http://running_on_alcohol.tripod.com/id1.html
You can also use other garbage but it requires much more of a process: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4235968.html

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