With Barack Obama in the metro today and excitement growing for the upcoming conventions, I thought you might be interested in this tidbit.
Democrats this year say they'll power their 20% of their fleet cars during the convention using E85 fuel made from waste beer. That's right. Beer.
Coors is providing the bad booze. Beer they say doesn't meet their standards or is lost in packaging. Most Ethanol is made from corn. Coors' is the first major brewer to convert waste beer into Ethanol. The brewery in Golden, Colorado started doing it in 1996.
G-M is providing 450 Flex-Fuel vehicles to be driven at the DNC in August. Organizers want to make the Democratic National Convention the "greenest" convention ever.
The donation is part of Coors one million dollar sponsorship commitment.