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From cask to car, could red wine be Australia's next fuel? (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/environment@aussie.zone
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What do you think of this idea? I had this image of people going to the petrol pump and taking a swig, but if the boffins can do something useful with all the warehoused unsellable wine it might help in various ways.

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[–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Agree though you'd be surprised (or not) that many farmers don't think they get enough help.

And , like I say to shirro there’s a lot of wine that is taking up space and its use to make ethanol would not be permanent. Perhaps the other option of converting it into pharmaceutical-grade alcohol is a better one. The wine industry needs some solution to recover some of the costs.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Yeah that sounds like a wine industry problem not a govt. problem to me.

    I grew up on a cattle station then moved to wheat country as a teenager, I know exactly how entitled they are. The only reason I'd support this is if it was carefully engineered to ensure the multi-national agribusinesses don't get a red cent.

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