Booze in the News
Posted by LC Aggie Sith on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 in Booze Links, Ecowackos
From Fox News:
Scientists Develop Whiskey-Based Fuel for Cars
Yes, my friends, the question of whether whiskey is a Good Thing has been answered, once and for all.
Researchers [in Edinburgh, Scotland] found a formula to make the fuel from whiskey by-products.
They combined so-called pot ale -- the liquid from the copper stills distillery equipment -- and the spent grains used to make whiskey, also known as draff, to produce butanol.
The key word is by-products. No whiskey was harmed in the making of this fuel. Nor were starving people denied corn crops, as in the case with ethanol. On top of that, butanol can be combined with any gasoline blend, used by any unmodified vehicles, and has 25% more energy per unit volume. Ethanol FAIL!
And in tribute to this great achievement:
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If I drink JD will a really hot chick suddenly appear and fix my gears??
Well Hank, you might think she’s hot….
Since when was there a question about whether whiskey was a good thing?
Well, no, Tiberius. This is just settling it for the idiotarians
Makes sense, I suppose. My brother ran out of gas after cooking up a batch of hooch once and drove his car the last ten miles home on a 40 of the stuff. Of course, I’m still surprised the car didn’t puke and wake up next to Sally Big Canoe after it was all over….
As long as no booze was harmed in the making of this product, I’m okay with it. That’s pretty much my standard reply to all inventions.
“No whiskey was harmed in the making of this fuel.”
That is going up at Nazi Surf Kittens.
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