Will Japan's cars run on sake?

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shinanomachi, japan - japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is japan's national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort.

the government-funded project at shinanomachi, 125 miles northwest of tokyo, will produce cheap rice-origin ethanol brew with the help of local farmers who will donate farm waste such as rice hulls to be turned into ethanol.

"we want to present the next generation a preferable blue print — a self-sustainable use of local fuels," said yasuo igarashi, a professor of applied microbiology at the university of tokyo who heads the three year project.

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