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<blockquote data-quote="tuggyman" data-source="post: 171998" data-attributes="member: 204178"><p>I had a thought (although may be misplaced)</p><p>one of the problems of using natural resources is it is not renewable or infinite ie coal,oil gas.</p><p>There are thoughts already of using crop oils to power combustion engines this is renewable and may have some merits.</p><p>my thought was this-</p><p>Alchol is also renewable and will also power combustion engines.</p><p>The natural process of yeast feeding on sugars and releasing alchol as a waste product is an opertunaty not to be missed.</p><p>Imagine large scale fermentation plants with hibrid yeast (with very very high alchol resistance and fast mitabolisms) producing dilute alchol.</p><p>Then the normal process of distilling is done away with (as boiling off alchol would require more energy than the result).Instead another chemical exchange (catalist) could be used to seperate the alchol.</p><p>There you go cheap renewable sustainable fule.</p><p>And our cars would have more power and speed!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tuggyman, post: 171998, member: 204178"] I had a thought (although may be misplaced) one of the problems of using natural resources is it is not renewable or infinite ie coal,oil gas. There are thoughts already of using crop oils to power combustion engines this is renewable and may have some merits. my thought was this- Alchol is also renewable and will also power combustion engines. The natural process of yeast feeding on sugars and releasing alchol as a waste product is an opertunaty not to be missed. Imagine large scale fermentation plants with hibrid yeast (with very very high alchol resistance and fast mitabolisms) producing dilute alchol. Then the normal process of distilling is done away with (as boiling off alchol would require more energy than the result).Instead another chemical exchange (catalist) could be used to seperate the alchol. There you go cheap renewable sustainable fule. And our cars would have more power and speed!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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