What does beer have to do with the National Democratic convention other than a bunch of politicians getting liquored up? You might be surprised to hear the answer. The convention will be powered by beer in more ways than one! Did you know that beer can be distilled into ethanol and used to fuel cars? Well, that makes two of us! And they're going to tout this little known fact at the convention, allowing the party to promote its green agenda.
So one might ask: Why would anyone go ahead and pour good beer into their "gas" tank? Apparently, Coors is providing the beer that will power cars for the political elite at the Convention in August so that's not really a concern! If we were talking about fueling up with Stone Brewing Company's Arrogant Bastard Ale, the car would more than likely run better, but a clear compromise would have also been made.
Okay, so it's not really the same Coors that you'd find on your supermarket shelves. According to Coors, it's beer that is "lost during packaging or deemed below quality standards". Probably still okay for most college kids on a budget. Coors has been converting waste beer into roughly three million gallons of ethanol a year since 1996. Good on ya Coors!
GM is providing the 400 rides that will be downing the special brew, enabling it to highlight the cars it produces that run on biofuels as well as hybrid technologies.
