Drink the Kool-Aid, save the environment.

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY - Brief article

At military mess halls in Iraq, trash is also energy treasure. Army scientists have found a relatively easy way to make ethanol out of sugar. Under the project, called, "Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery," engineers take high carbohydrate content foods and ferment them into ethanol, says James Valdes, Army scientific advisor for...