Do you remember in the movie Back to the Future 2, the flying cars that were fueled by garbage? Well, now it is 2009 and Coskata, a biology-based renewable energy company, can turn garbage (as well as feedstock) into ethanol fuel. According to Coskata, each gallon of fuel costs less than a dollar per gallon to make, which should make the price of this ethanol fuel comparable to gas.
In order to use this fuel, cars need to be able to run on ethanol. General Motors recently invested in Coskata, forming a partnership, and GM has several lines of SUV’s and trucks coming out that are E85. Which means they run on 85% ethanol and 15% gas.
Coskata expects to be able to make mass quantities of ethanol using this method by 2010. Now we just need more ethanol stations and affordable ethanol fueled cars. Maybe soon the cars will fly too…
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2010 is a whole lot closer than the time they are giving for “water for fuel” to become a reality, even though there are some strides being made with “hydrogen fuel cell cars,”. I’d just like to see one of these become a reality in my lifetime….