Salvage America Reduces The Cost Of Gasoline

For people living throughout most of Greensboro, Salvage America, located at 3100 Holts Chapel Road just off of East Market Street, is a shorter drive than most of the companies we compete with. And there's a whole lot less traffic. But that's not what I want to tell you about.

In today's news we learn of a way that garbage can be turned into gasoline-- more correctly, a blend called E-85 that will retail for only $2.oo per gallon. From the news:

"Rather than putting your garbage at the curb, you may soon be putting it in your gas tank.

General Motors has purchased an equity stake in Coskata Inc. of Warrenville, Ill., which has come up with a process that uses bacteria to produce E85 ethanol fuel out of garbage, scrap tires, wood chips, and even recycled foam, rubber and plastic in today's junked cars.

While E85 is currently made from food-based sources, GM says non-food-based ethanol can be produced for about $1 a gallon, or about half of what it costs using corn today — meaning E85 could be priced under $2 a gallon at the pump." Continue reading.

I've know for years that garbage could be converted to ethanol-- why has it taken so long? Oh well, no matter what the reason Salvage America plans to become a local leader in the Green Revolution.