Making Ethanol from Office Paper - CopyEthanol : DigInfo

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JUON has developed CopyEthanol, an ethanol generator that makes ethanol without burning copy paper or disposing paper in landfills.
Because it doesn't burn paper, CopyEthanol produces zero CO2 emissions and is gentle on the environment. In addition, plant derived ethanol is not converted into CO2 emission equivalents.
Using CopyEthanol is easy. You merely insert shredded paper into the machine, turn on the switch, insert some more paper into the tank, and then let it sit for three days, during which time a fermentation solution is made. Ethanol is produced by distilling this fermentation solution at the end of the three day period.

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  • or dont drink at all

    or dont drink at all

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  • The problem is, to ...

    The problem is, to get the hydrogen from it you would need a lot of electricity and this would most likely come from the burning of coal (an there you get CO2).

    If you were to get the electricity from an environmentally friendly source, you would be much better off using it in an electric engine.

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  • can i buy this i ...

    can i buy this i want to please tell me where i can get it

    By beingther [Affiliate User] 1224003668 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • A company could ...

    A company could ramp up this process to make alcohol from recycled collected papper from trash haulers. What an idea!

    By enegola [Affiliate User] 1219447821 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • How many sheets ...

    How many sheets letter-size (A4) paper would it take to make 1 liter of ethanol?

    By MondoBeno [Affiliate User] 1216282247 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • you can get ...

    you can get hydrogen from it now so no Co2 gases an will make the planet better when used in an internal combustion engine cleaning the air and end produst water

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  • Technically the CO2 ...

    Technically the CO2 produced would be neutral; the CO2 burned will be taken in again by the trees used to make the paper.
    This is not true for fossil fuel since they are carbon sources built up from millions of years.
    However some sources of ethanol fuel are only technically carbon neutral, since the use of fertilizers, transporting the fuel etc contribute to additional GHG release.
    Recycling material like this is far more desirable but I do wonder whether enzyme breakdown is efficient enough

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  • wait, could you ...

    wait, could you drink this ethanol? A nice way to recycle paper, create drinkable alcohol, and conserve the many fruits, vegetables, and sugars that go towards the production of alcohol.

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  • That's a great way ...

    That's a great way to help reduce fossil fuel use. Too bad you still produce Co2 when you use (burn) the resulting ethanol. An efficient carbon-oxygen separator (from Co2 gas) would be another cool invention.

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