Category: Alcohol Fuel
David Blume: Flex-Fuel Cars and Alcohol Cookstoves
A short introduction to some of the ways that alcohol fuel — also called ethanol — can transform people’s lives and the planet.
Alcohol as Marine Replacement Fuel
I attended a high-level think tank in Mexico some years ago. We were there to work on the world’s pressing problems. There I met a board member of Maersk Shipping, the owner of the largest container ship fleet in the world. I asked him what fuel he’s planning to use to replace bunker diesel since the world is ready to ban it. He told me that his company was looking at Liquefied Natural Gas or Liquefied Hydrogen….
The Hidden History Of Henry Ford’s TRUE Intended Fuel For America… Made By FARMERS
Learn the true history of alcohol as the clean, renewable fuel in America, a story that oil companies and the media have kept hidden from you.
Edible Innovators: Still Farming: Organic vegetables and “the world’s second oldest profession” go hand in hand on Whiskey Hill
In this fascinating article in Edible Monterey Bay, Deborah Luhrman writes:
“What was once a giant packing shed now houses fermentation tanks and 12-foothigh distillation towers where Blume has been practicing what he calls “mankind’s second oldest profession”—making alcohol. The objective is to manufacture and sell distillation equipment that converts food wastes into alcohol, which can then be used for dozens of purposes from fuel to vodka….”
The Process & Benefits of Our Double Fermentation
As part of our zero waste ethos at David Blume’s Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center, we use two fermentation processes to produce alcohol and fertilizer. Instead of the current practice of treating most agricultural byproduct from agricultural operations as waste, this process turns this “waste” biomass into fertilizer and alcohol and reduces the waste stream going to the county landfill.
David Blume Open House at Whiskey Hill Farms
David Blume hosted an open house at Whiskey Hill Farms to demonstrate the no-waste local-scale alcohol distillery set-up and other regenerative agriculture technologies developed and implemented by Blume.
Get Involved with Our Alcohol Fuel Revolution
There are lots of good suggestions in the “Get Involved” section of our alcoholcanbeagas.com website.
Destilación de Alcohol Para Convirtir la Basura Biológica en Combustible
David Blume describe cómo crear alcohol y coproductos valiosos utilizando desechos de alimentos y otros productos de desecho ricos en carbohidratos. Traducido al español.
Alcohol Can Be a Gas! Now in Digital
David Blume’s classic book, Alcohol Can Be a Gas! is now available in digital format! At last, a version of the massive 8-pound tome we can afford to ship! Learn more about what makes Alcohol Can Be a Gas! a book that’s changing the world in big ways. You can read a large sample on the book’s Amazon page.
Alcohol Can Be a Gas! Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century
Alcohol Can Be a Gas! is now available in digital format! Alcohol Can Be a Gas! Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century is an information-dense, highly readable, profusely…
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David Blume’s Classic Talk on Alcohol Fuel
This fascinating two-and-a-half-hour talk by David Blume provides an entertaining and thorough introduction to the topic of alcohol fuel.
A Tour of the Alcohol Distillery at Whiskey Hill Farms
Dave Blume and Robert Re show us around the Whiskey Hill Farms local-scale alcohol distillery and factory for production of numerous co-products.
How George Washington Encouraged Moonshining
In this short video, David Blume explains how George Washington inadvertently encouraged the making of moonshine.
Alcohol Fuel
David Blume, author of Alcohol Can Be a Gas! Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century, is widely acknowledged as the world’s leading expert in production and use of…