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If you’ve been paying attention to alternative energy news over the last week or two you will have noticed a lot of buzz about something called a MicroFueler. Just going off of the name a person might assume it’s just a very tiny gas can, but that person would be an idiot. The MicroFueler is in actuality a compact Ethanol production facility. E-Fuel has been developing it for the last year or so and recently installed their first unit in San Diego. More units are expected to begin shipping any day now. What does all of this have to do with you? Read on to find out.

The MicroFueler is revolutionary in that it is relatively small, portable, and cheap. Costing just under $10,000 and being fueled by organic waste it is entirely possible that every neighborhood in America could chip in, buy one of these things, stick in on the corner and dump all of their grass clippings, old beer, or essentially any other plant waste into it and reap the benefits to the tune of free Ethanol to power Ethanol vehicles (which we all know are coming soon thanks to increasing environmental standards).
The way the MicroFueler works is as follows. First the user picks either distillation (for old beer, wine, or other high sugar products) or fermentation (for grass clippings or other organic waste) mode. Sensors then determine the appropriate amount of water to flow into the tank for proper fermentation, where ceramic cooler and heater devices maintain the correct temperature.

Once fermentation is completed, the mix is transferred to the MicroFueler distillation system for alcohol water separation using low temperature vaporization. Finally, after both purified water and alcohol exit, the distillation system sends the liquids to be cooled before entering their completed storage containers. The ethanol is now ready to be pumped into a vehicle. According to E-Fuel, the MicroFueler will convert organic waste into ethanol in approximately two hours.

The MicroFueler will also have an electric generator which couples directly to the existing fuel production system sometime later this year allowing for direct conversion of stale beer and grass clippings to electricity, if you prefer that method.

Environmentally conscious people with a little extra money to burn could install one of these at their home as an individual fuel producer, combined with a solar installation in the home it’s entirely conceivable to become energy self sufficient by adding thirty to fifty thousand dollars to the price of your home. Who wouldn’t do that?