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chopstick said:
So uh....how exactly do I turn my contaminated substrates into usable biofuels?

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boommer said:
DONT throw away that green mold!!! CONTAMINATE YOUR GROW AREA..

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fig said:
if you read the articles ....it tells you that once the green mold breaks down the "contaminated" substrate you mix it with sugar yeast and water to make beer then distill it...wa la instant ethanol ..

in case you didn't read the govt incentives you get about $1.47+ just in tax refunds for every gallon you make and use or sell using this method and it qualifies you for thousands of dollars in grants.
and 10,000 gal or less = free permit from govt
1000gal =free permit state (TN)
1000 to 2500 =$50 (TN)
2500+ = $100 (TN)

just one more reason to be excited about fungi...and moon shining lol

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boommer said:
DONT throw away that green mold!!! CONTAMINATE YOUR GROW AREA..

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fig said:
if you read the articles ....it tells you that once the green mold breaks down the "contaminated" substrate you mix it with sugar yeast and water to make beer then distill it...wa la instant ethanol ..

in case you didn't read the govt incentives you get about $1.47+ just in tax refunds for every gallon you make and use or sell using this method and it qualifies you for thousands of dollars in grants.
and 10,000 gal or less = free permit from govt
1000gal =free permit state (TN)
1000 to 2500 =$50 (TN)
2500+ = $100 (TN)

just one more reason to be excited about fungi...and moon shining lol

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well looks like I'm ditching the shrooms and growing mold, just gotta figure out how to turn this pc in to a still..

very informative thread thanks for passing it along.

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You were growing mold to begin with

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fig said:
Thats right keep the green mold ( Trichoderma reesei )

it turns out the fungi have been trying to tell us something all along.

It can be used to make ethanol from straw and wood or spent substrate that normaly alcohol yeast dont eat.
it breaks the organic material down in the same way paul stamets used oysters to break down corn cobbs then convert them to ethanol .....but

Trichoderma reesei produces alot more bang for your buck so to speak.

you could grow mushrooms to sell then let the green mold do its work on the spent substrate then make fuel out of it then feed the left over cooked out grain to livestock as food that is easy on their digestive system...win win....


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there are so many tax credits and guaranteed grants the govt pays you for making and starting up that you could rake in money just for making it....
here is a list of some of the tax breaks and incentives:
click

a science article on Trichoderma reesei:
click


another Trichoderma reesei science article quote i found:

"Another common wood digester is the fungus Trichoderma reesei. It is found in nearly all soils and secretes huge quantities of cellulase. The fungus was originally discovered by the United States army during the Second World War. It was responsible for breaking down the cellulose in the soldiers’ canvas tents and uniforms which meant they became very holey. It was known as ‘jungle rot’.

A company in Canada has harnessed the microbes’ ability to convert straw into glucose. The company genetically modified the fungus so that it produces even larger quantities of cellulase. A staggering 75 % of the straw fibre is converted into sugar. The left over woody matter, lignin, is dried and then pressed into burnable cakes. The glucose is then fermented with yeast to produce the biofuel ethanol."

the gmo type is not needed ....im anti gmo ...so nothing but natural Green mold for me.


im starting a farm soon and stumbled upon this info while applying for federal and state permits to make ethanol to fuel the farm equipment. so i thought i would share with the community.

...building my still now ....        

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