Beer and biofuel

We've heard a lot about biofuels and biodiesel in the past few years. President Bush even asserted in his State of the Union address that we need to “expand the use of clean diesel vehicles and biodiesel fuel” (source). Well, here's a source of biofuels that hadn't occurred to me:

Scientists and Australian beer maker Foster's are teaming up to generate clean energy from brewery waste water — by using sugar-consuming bacteria. (source)

A 660-gallon fuel cell will produce enough power for one household. As Jurg Keller from the University of Queensland points out, “It's not going to make an enormous amount of power – its primarily a waste water treatment that has the added benefit of creating electricity.” Still, it's an intriguing thought. Reduce your country's dependence on foreign oil by drinking beer.