Home Ethanol Maker

Fox 40 Sacramento, California
Lonnie Wong KTXL News
June 4, 2009

SACRAMENTO - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is endorsing a new mini-ethanol maker designed for home use. He is touting EFuel's MicroFueler as an example of new technology that can boost California's economy while reducing the reliance on foreign oil.

"It was really meant to be just like a gas station," said EFuel ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield.The unit is the size of a refrigerator and was designed to look like a gasoline pump.

Plug it in, attach a garden hose, and add sugary organic waste and it produces up to ten gallons of ethanol a day. According EFuel engineers, that is twice the amount a typical family of two uses for their automobiles. The ethanol can also be used to power a generator to produce electricity.

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