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In the latest AA Online magazine there's an article about another alternative fuel development here in NZ.
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....Barrie Leay, a high-level adviser during the deregulation of electricity markets in various Asia-Pacific economies and former executive director of New Zealand’s Electricity Supply Association. Leay’s latest venture is a company formed to exploit a new piece of technology that extracts liquid biofuel from Pinus radiata trees.
"It’s a Kiwi invention that uses superheated steam in a revolving valve interlock system,” says Leay. “It applies huge pressure to the water contained in wood, so that we get the sugars out faster and more cheaply."
The ‘sugars’ are chemicals found in wood, including ‘xylan’ which can be fermented to produce ethanol, a type of alcohol that can be blended with, or even replace petrol.
Do you think the powers that be will allow solutions like this onto the market anytime soon. I doubt it....as noted in the article:
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Hyundai’s commitment to the use of ethanol recently won it the AA-Vodafone Environmental Award for its policy of supporting the use of ethanol blends well in excess of current recommendations. It also delivers its demonstration models to car reviewers with an E-10 blend already in the tank. Jack Biddle, AA Technical Services Manager, says he has test-driven Hyundais with E-10 in the tank and performance seemed totally unaffected.
“You’d never know it wasn’t just normal petrol.”
However, the New Zealand Government’s decision to set only voluntary sales targets for biofuels has been welcomed by the AA, which is recommending a ‘wait and see’ approach. “The transition to more sustainable transport fuels is likely to take decades and we support the Government’s ‘gradual evolution’ rather than ‘revolution’ approach,” says Jayne Gale, AA Policy Manager.
