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Brewtroleum: A New Zealand brewery has made fuel from beer
Drink more beer, save the planet? That's what a beer brewery in New Zealand is saying.
DB Export, a brewery in New Zealand, announced last month it had created a biofuel made using leftover yeast from brewing beer called "Brewtroleum."
As reported by the NZ Herald, the company recycles yeast slurry, which would otherwise be thrown out or given to animals, and turns it into ethanol that can be mixed with regular petroleum fuel
This isn't particularly revolutionary, as fuel comprised of 10% ethanol and 90% petroleum (E10) is incredibly common, but DB claims it's the first time that commercially available E10 has been made from beer by-products. The company believes that MillerCoors was the first to make fuel from beer by-products, but DB is the first to bring it to the public. Read more...
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