Purdue Scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricityhttp://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070201LadischBio.html
Initially, it is for the military, but will be commercially available soon. This seems like something that wouldn't be that hard to replicate on the home or farm scale, integrated with a biodiesel processor. It's basically an industrial yeast ethanol plant with a gasifier and a diesel engine cogenerating power and heat. The devil is in the details, but the expertise in biodiesel production and ethanol distillation would go a long way to building one to make one's self energy and waste neutral. The large photo (2300Kb) shows more detail: http://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/+2007/mosier-biorefinery.jpg -- Thanks, PC He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
