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Don't use food to make ethanol, use garbage

Let's check out another method which promises to deliver cheap ethanol from something that's not edible. According to Mercedes Ballesteros, a scientist working for the Unidad de Biomasa del Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (Ciemat), ethanol can be obtained from urban solid waste (aka, home garbage). First of all, all non-organic and/or pollutant waste must be separated from the organic part (in some European cities there are special containers to classify trash for this purpose). This organic ... Read more →

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