Yay! Science!: Wine into water
Published by Kyso Kisaen May 2nd, 2007 in Yay! Science!Scientists and Australian beer maker Foster’s are teaming up to generate clean energy from brewery waste water — by using sugar-consuming bacteria…
The fuel cell is essentially a battery in which bacteria consume water-soluble brewing waste such as sugar, starch and alcohol.
The battery produces electricity plus clean water, said Prof. Jurg Keller, the university’s wastewater expert
Science is fuckin’ A. And I say that as an English major.
Wow. That’s pretty cool. Does “brewing waste” include Foster’s lager?
Great. Now I’m gonna hafta start drinking beer again. The environment needs me!
Andrew: that’s definitely included, along with the fourex