Terrabon Developing “Green Gasoline”

Texas-based company Terrabon is working to develop a second-generation biofuel it calls “green gasoline.” Unlike the ethanol in use today, the fuel would be nearly identical to gasoline and fermented from “anything that rots,” one company official said — including sewer sludge.

The “green gasoline,” officially called MixAlco, was developed by scientists at Texas A&M University, according to the Houston Chronicle. Within a few months, Terrabon plans to be able to produce 300 gallons of the stuff a day. It added that it can produce MixAlco for about $1.75 a gallon, and that it can use existing storage tanks and pumps, unlike the more corrosive ethanol.