Ecofasa turns waste to biodiesel using bacteria

A group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash. This isn't a biodiesel made from used frying oil; instead, it's made from general urban waste which is treated by bacteria. The result of that bacteria? Fatty acids that can be used to produce standard biodiesel. According to the company's CEO, the process is fully biologic, competes with no feedstock and is really sustainable. However, the process doesn't yield that much actual fuel: just one liter of biodiesel from 10 kg of trash. The project is now in a development phase, but Ecofasa said that a commercially viable model could be ready in three to four years.

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[veloznator]

a y dice que se obtiene metanol, pero no seria etanol??  perdon mi ignorancia en este tema

[agnux]

Comúnmente se llama etanol al alcohol etílico que es el que puede beberse, y metanol al que es toxico. En realidad se obtiene una mezcla de alcoholes.

[eminemquotes]

Parece que usted es un mensaje muy buena noticia!

[veloznator]

a ok, es que pense que el metanol solo se podia obtener de fuentes fosiles...noc por que tenia esa idea

[veloznator]

esto solo soluciona probelmas con el biodiesel.. pero tambien con los motores de gasolina o no?

[generalkagry]

y estras bacterias de que son, de donde las sacan y como se consiguen??

[IBDTiba]

what is this carbon????

need i carbon and bakteries or come the bakteries with the carbon?

[alifia23]

claro.

[NaturesBeatingHearts]

Well we do need new sources for our energy.

Thanks for the info

Jolanda

[randdyy222]

es muy interesante lo que haces para mejorar el medioambiente