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Originally Posted by solarguy

As a long time home brewer, I think the solid catalyst idea and the enzymatic/lipase approach are about like making practical electricity from a hydrogen fusion reactor. We see periodic press releases about how great it is, and how soon it's coming. Just another 2-3 years and it will be on the market. Electricity too cheap to meter. Blah blah blah.

It will be great when it gets here, I'm sure.

The glycerin byproduct apparently makes an excellent feed additive for cows if you remove the extra methanol first.

It also burns well in my wood stove in a small steel box about the size of a shoe box. I mold it into 1 liter blocks and burn it with wood. It reduces my wood requirements about 40%. It does burn hot, being in the alcohol family, so you need a stove with good combustion air control and a good damper in the flue as well. Use at your own risk.

Finest regards,

troy

Makes good soap, too. Also OK fertilizer, I'm told. There are 1,000 potential uses for the waste stream, actually.