Scotland has found a new use for their most elegant export. According to our News section, via Care2,
Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have developed a chemical process using the two main by-products of whiskey production to make butanol, which can be used to fuel vehicles. The two by-products used are pot ale, which is a liquid, and the spent whiskey grains, called draff.
Scotland produces large quantities of whiskey, enough that there are 1,600 million liters of pot ale and 187,000 tons of draff left over. These waste products can now be used to create biobutanol, which is said to produce 30 percent more power than ethanol.
The university has filed a patent for the new biofuel and plans to develop a method of large scale production. Biobutanol is also capable of fueling ordinary cars without the need for adaptation.
[Photo: Telegraph UK]
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