A new startup has announced that it can produce Ethanol for roughly $1 a gallon, anywhere in the world.Coskata claims that creating ecologically responsible biofuels is possible with it’s patented process. No irresponsible feed-stocks are necessary, meaning we could finally curtail the wrong-headed corn ethanol panacea model the US is so gung-ho about. Instead, Coskata’s enzymatic process can use municipal waste, crop residues and all manner of biomass as the raw material to be converted into 99% pure ethanol. Whoa! Technology that serves more than a single purpose?? Science gets crunchy…what’s a thoughtless consumerist proleroid to think?

Using patented microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, Coskata ethanol is produced via a unique three-step conversion process that turns virtually any carbon-based feedstock, including biomass, municipal solid waste, bagasse and other agricultural waste into ethanol, making production a possibility in almost any geography. Coskata’s process technology is ethanol-specific and enzyme independent, requiring no additional chemicals or pre-treatments; environmentally superior, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 84% compared to conventional gasoline; and has the ability to generate 7.7 times as much energy as is required to produce the ethanol, compared to corn ethanol which generates approximately 1.3 times as much energy according to Argonne National Labs.

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