Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Biofuel Production Will Continue to Grow

Seeking Alpha
by: James Rickman May 18, 2009

Henry Ford was an early 20th-century visionary of alternative fuels, and planned on having his early cars powered by ethanol. In fact, his first Model T could run on gasoline combined with a biofuel alcohol mix. The car's 10 gallon (38 litre) fuel tank was mounted to the frame beneath the front seat; one variant had the carburetor (a Holley Model G) modified to run on ethyl alcohol, to be made at home by the self-reliant farmer.

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