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"   NEW YORK \u2014 This morning, the E-Fuel Corporation, a Silicon Valley startup, introduced the first ethanol refinery system designed for home use. The Micro Fueler, a backyard fueling station, can create pure E100 ethanol from sugar feed stock. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s third-grade science,&amp;quot; says Thomas Quinn, founder and CEO of E-Fuel. &amp;quot;You just mix together water, sugar and yeast, and in a few hours, you start getting ethanol.&amp;quot; The $9995 Micro Fueler has a can fill its own 35-gallon tank in about a week by fermenting the sugar, water and yeast internally, then separating out the water through a membrane filter.  E-Fuel representatives claim that the initial cost of the machine can be offset by up to 50 percent by federal, state and local credits, and the cost of raw sugar can be brought down to $1 or below through a system of carbon trading coupons. The Micro Fueler can produce a gallon of ethanol from about 10 gallons of sugar. Quinn dismisses many of the preconceptions about ethanol\u2014lower gas mileage, long-term damage to automotive fuel systems and the need for a &amp;quot;flex-fuel&amp;quot; car\u2014as just myths. Quinn claims that the E100 from the Micro Fueler can be mixed with ordinary gasoline, or even water to a 70/30 ratio\u2014and still maintain a high-enough octane level to provide plenty of power for ordinary vehicles.  The Micro Fueler is for sale now, with deliveries expected by the fourth quarter. Obviously, there are a lot of unknown variables\u2014fuel prices, sugar supply and distribution, and, of course, the machine&amp;#039;s basic reliability\u2014that will determine the potential success or failure of the Micro Fueler. But Quinn, who has a background in the PC business, sees the personal nature of the Micro Fueler as its main selling point. &amp;quot;Ethanol is really the people&amp;#039;s fuel,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Anybody can make it.&amp;quot; \u2014Glenn Derene  RELATED STORIES \u2022 ANALYSIS: Washington&amp;#039;s Priorities and the Ethanol Fallacy  \u2022 TECH WATCH: Inside the Lab, a Future for Green Gasoline  \u2022 HOW IT WORKS: Coskata&amp;#039;s $1/Gallon Tech Starts Ethanol 2.0  \u2022 COMPLETE COVERAGE: News &amp;amp;amp; Videos on Alt-Fuel Revolution    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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