Tribe Pursues Venture to Turn Waste into Fuel
by Peter Harriman (ArgusLeader.com) The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe wants to be at the forefront of the next revolution in fuel production.
The tribal council last week unanimously approved signing a memorandum of understanding with EcoTech Fuels, a division of Victory Circle Fuels.
Linda-Rose Myers, a founder and managing member of the company chartered in Delaware and headquartered in Los Angeles, will be in South Dakota this week meeting with tribal officials to choose a site for a $39 million fuel production plant that would turn municipal waste to Torqazine, a fuel or fuel additive recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency that produces greater octane than ethanol and burns a bit cleaner.
The plant would convert 100 tons of landfill waste per day to between 200 and 400 barrels of fuel that, like ethanol, can be used undiluted in flex-fuel vehicles or mixed with gasoline for use in all vehicles. READ MORE


