Green Technology and Whiskey

Bruichladdich Distillery
Finally, a bit of gadgetry and whizzbangitry and electramaphonics and whatnot that I can get behind:
[...] an independently-owned Scottish distillery is hoping that the installation of a new biogas generator will prove to be a lasting moment of environmental clarity and help solve their energy problems.
This month, Bruichladdich -- one of eight distilleries to be found on the Scottish isle of Islay -- will take delivery of an anaerobic digester which will start turning their whisky waste into electricity.
Mark Reynier, owner of Bruichladdich Distillery, hopes the digester will meet around 80 percent of its electricity needs and save the company up to £120,000 ($175,000) every year.
Reynier told CNN: "Our waste product is basically water left over after you've stripped all the alcohol out. It's called, rather unromantically, pot ale."
Every year, several hundred thousand liters of pot ale waste are taken away by a tanker and poured down a pipeline that feeds it into the Sound of Islay off the eastern coast of the island.


Now, how can you complain about this sort of "green" technology? It's perfect for the times. And it really has nothing to do with alcohol. Any business that creates waste byproducts that it would normally dump in a hidden swamp so that it can spend decades poisoning someone else's family could adopt this strategy and make some coin on the backend.


My advice--don't tell anyone you're making more money than you should be by converting things into electricity. Keep it for yourself. It's your innovation. Don't share.
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