Whiskey Biofuel Created By Scottish Scientists Can Be Used In Conventional Cars

LONDON (AP) -- How about a whisky to go? Scientists said they have developed biofuel for cars from waste produced in distilling Scotch whisky. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University produced a type of fuel called butanol using "pot ale" - the liquid residue from copper stills - and "draff," or leftover grain.

They said it can be used in ordinary cars without adapting the engines. And unlike some biofuels, it is made from waste products and does not require a crop to be grown.

The researchers said they have filed a patent application for the fuel, and plan to set up a company to get it into British gas stations.

Comments

[Genders]

01:15 AM on 09/27/2010

Waste Bio Mass bio fuels are wonderful.

[InaseaofRed]

01:58 AM on 08/24/2010

Yay for British "Petrol heads"!!!!!!

[ObscureRenegade]

10:21 AM on 08/23/2010

Very cool.

[Kassandra]

10:18 AM on 08/23/2010

Interesting that this is "suddenly" making a comeback when it was the reason for Prohibition in the first place. Early autos could run on alcohol and the oil companies, esp Standard OIL, didn't want the competition. but the old ladies of the Temperance League were blamed for ruining their husbands fun in the bars.
We also go the Mafia out of the deal.

[research]

09:26 PM on 08/22/2010

Waste Bio fuels can replace all fossil fuels when combined with wind and solar.

Cheaper in the long run.

[Damian Micale]

01:36 PM on 08/22/2010

We already have a bio fuel solution its called HEMP.

[benji85]

09:28 PM on 08/20/2010

Now I can have a good excuse to buying Scotch.

[altohone]

07:55 PM on 08/20/2010

Uh, a patent on butanol sounds absurd... maybe the process?

[LANmine]

03:59 PM on 08/20/2010

And they say drinkin' & drivin' don't mix. Good job, lads!!!!

[rikster]

03:54 PM on 08/20/2010

I'm sure OPEC and the entire Oil industry is thrilled to hear that they might lose all their junkies..!

[henrypapillon]

10:31 PM on 08/19/2010

I'll have a Scotch and soda and my Monte Carlo will have a Bouron neat.

[henrypapillon]

10:38 PM on 08/19/2010

Sorry, typo, that was supposed to be Bourbon. Hiccup!

[drjasonmd]

07:30 PM on 08/19/2010

Gasoline itself was once a waste product until an engine was invented to burn it. We're really picking at straws for energy sources now, aren't we?

[lunacougar]

02:23 PM on 08/19/2010

Afore ye go!!!!!!!!

[anitaj]

12:26 PM on 08/19/2010

Yet another reason to like Scotch.

[henrypapillon]

12:13 PM on 08/19/2010

But will they go down the road straight?