Pump Your Own Ethanol with the EFUEL 100 MicroFueler

Earlier this week I had a chance to meet with the co-founders of E-Fuel, a company with a paradigm shifting product that could change the way we think about fueling our cars. It’s called the EFuel100 MicroFueler, and it makes creating and pumping your own ethanol fuel at home about as easy as running the washing machine. Hook-up the plug-n-play MicroFueler to a water source and a power source – just like the washing machine – dump in the pre-packaged combination of sugar and yeast, and then carry on with your day while the MicroFueler goes to work producing renewable, affordable & clean fuel for your car. Once it’s ready, place the fuel pump in your fuel tank and let it ride.

So say goodbye to futile searches for gas stations offering the elusive E-85 fuel (a blend 85% ethanol & 15% petroleum). You no longer need the pump. In fact, you no longer need a flex-fuel car to run on higher levels of ethanol blended fuels. Researchers have found that standard cars can perform well on blends of up to E-55 or E-65 (see Motortrend.com for details). The power to create your own ethanol fuel and run it in your current automobile is now right in your hands.

The MicroFueler embodies the original vision of Henry Ford. When the Model-T first rolled off assembly lines in the United States about 100 years ago there were no gasoline stations. Ford envisioned car owners fueling up with homemade ethanol, which is exactly what they did. That is, of course, until an oil baron named John D. Rockefeller successfully got prohibition laws passed through Congress and made making Ethanol for any kind of consumption, including fuel consumption, a crime.

Those days are long gone now, but the dream is back. The MicroFueler empowers consumers to make a healthy choice for their wallets and for the planet. Producing a gallon of ethanol using the MicroFueler costs about $1. The list price for the machine itself is $9,995, no doubt a little on the steep side. However, consumers who purchase one receive the same federal tax breaks as corporate ethanol producers which knocks about $3,000 off the price. Score one for the little guy.

Visit E-Fuel’s website to learn more.

-- Josh