Sake-powered engine
Police officer: Sir, please step out of the car.
Driver: But officer, I swear I didn't have that much to drink.
Police officer: Yeah, tell that to the nose.
(Yes, yes, I know the combustion of ethanol and other alcohols yields carbon dioxyde and water)
Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan's national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.
The government-funded project at Shinanomachi, 200 kilometres (124 miles) northwest of Tokyo, will produce cheap rice-origin ethanol brew with the help of local farmers who will donate farm waste such as rice hulls to be turned into ethanol.
Driver: But officer, I swear I didn't have that much to drink.
Police officer: Yeah, tell that to the nose.
(Yes, yes, I know the combustion of ethanol and other alcohols yields carbon dioxyde and water)
Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan's national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.
The government-funded project at Shinanomachi, 200 kilometres (124 miles) northwest of Tokyo, will produce cheap rice-origin ethanol brew with the help of local farmers who will donate farm waste such as rice hulls to be turned into ethanol.
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