GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced that GM has invested in Coskata, a company that uses crop waste and even garbage to produce ethanol.
The company uses a two-step process, which begins when the feedstock (formerly waste) is cooked into a synthesis gas, which is made from a mix of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gas is then processed by means of bacteria that consume synthesis gas and excrete ethanol as a waste product.
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