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"Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/14/2007 3:26:17 PM

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"Sake may power cars in the future"

Monday, May 14, 2007, 1: 41 EDT

By Risa Maeda

" SHINANOMACHI, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan's national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.

The government-funded project at Shinanomachi, 200 kilometres (124 miles) northwest of Tokyo, will produce cheap rice-origin ethanol brew with the help of local farmers who will donate farm waste such as rice hulls to be turned into ethanol.

"We want to present the next generation a preferable blue print -- a self-sustainable use of local fuels," said Yasuo Igarashi, a professor of applied microbiology at the University of Tokyo who heads the three year project.

If the project catches on with locals then it could pave the way for similar endeavours across Japan that will see Japanese cars running on Japanese-made biofuels in the future, he added.

Japan, the world's second largest gasoline consumer after the United States, is entirely dependent on crude oil imports and it has been hit by the surge in oil prices.

With hefty carbon emissions reduction targets to meet under the Kyoto protocols, Japan is turning to biofuels. Yet motorists in Japan are still far behind drivers in Europe and the United States in their consumption of green fuels. "

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUST29909220070514

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RE: "Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/14/2007 3:28:57 PM

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Well, this should take gas-siphoning to a whole new level.

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RE: "Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/14/2007 5:36:04 PM

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Bill Clinton worked very diligently to get the Japanese to open their markets to US automobiles. The Japanese, ever resistant, finally knuckled under and agreed to allow the US to sell cars there by Clinton threatening a tariff on one of California's primary exports to Japan; rice.

Would mean a lot more if Japan grew their own rice, but since they dont, once again California needs to save the day.

I just want to be free to ride my machine and not be hassled by the man.

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edited to point out the tariff was put in place by Clinton.

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RE: "Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/15/2007 12:57:10 AM

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I am wondering how many different crops can be converted into bio-fuels.
Anyone have a quick answer on that?

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RE: "Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/15/2007 12:15:21 PM

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I am wondering how many different crops can be converted into bio-fuels.
Anyone have a quick answer on that?

anything with sugar and or hi carbs...

i would think barley would be awesome we could brew beer and gas in the same batch! corn is a biggie too. put the whole of kansas to work!

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RE: "Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/15/2007 6:59:24 PM

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So all the stuff you are not supposed to eat if you are on one of them fancy diets would work for fuel if it was fermented? Cool!

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anything with sugar and or hi carbs...

i would think barley would be awesome we could brew beer and gas in the same batch! corn is a biggie too. put the whole of kansas to work!

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RE: "Sake may power cars in the future" - 5/15/2007 9:02:10 PM

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quote:

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So all the stuff you are not supposed to eat if you are on one of them fancy diets would work for fuel if it was fermented? Cool!

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anything with sugar and or hi carbs...

i would think barley would be awesome we could brew beer and gas in the same batch! corn is a biggie too. put the whole of kansas to work!

yeh and to think they outlawe corn whiskey!

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