• Question: How would you use coffee to make fuel

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      Asked by bludfireitsyoungbz to Rhod on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by curlybrace.
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        Rhodri Jenkins answered on 20 Jun 2013:


        Coffee has oil in it, much like the vegetable oil you use to fry your food. I use solvents which extract this oil and then convert this using a chemical transformation to make a fuel like molecule.

        It still smells like coffee. Imagine how brilliant that would be – pumping stuff that smelled like coffee into your car!

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