Solving Problems for the Earth & Our Communities
David Blume and Buckminster Fuller go way back. Bucky even wrote the foreword to Dave’s classic book, Alcohol Can Be a Gas!
His influence has informed Dave’s work across the decades, and now the nonprofit Buckminster Fuller Institute is accepting tax-deductible donations on behalf of Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center to help Dave continue along the path Bucky laid out.
Check out our YouTube channel. “Farmer Dave” Blume loves teaching and farming, and it shows as he takes you through little vignettes of what’s happening in the greenhouses at Whiskey Hill Farms. You can also see some interesting videos about alcohol fuel, its history, Dave’s global vision for clean fuel, and even a look at converting cars to run on alcohol with Daryl Hannah and Ed Begley.
Thirty-two appearances, so far. Check out the topics Dave talked about on this very popular show. “According to estimates by Talkers Magazine, Coast to Coast AM has a cumulative weekly audience of around 2.75 million unique listeners listening for at least five minutes, making it the most listened-to program in its time slot.”
Buckminster Fuller wrote the 1983 Foreword to the original version of my book, Alcohol Can Be a Gas! Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century. He has always been an inspiration and guide to me. —David Blume
Mexicans may think it’s unlucky to have seaweed wash up on their beautiful beaches, but, looked at from the natural resource perspective, the country is truly fortunate to have a surplus of Sargassum seaweed! They just need to harvest it before it would ever reach the beach….
A short introduction to some of the ways that alcohol fuel — also called ethanol — can transform people’s lives and the planet.
I attended a high-level think tank in Mexico some years ago. We were there to work on the world’s pressing problems. There I met a board member of Maersk Shipping, the owner of the largest container ship fleet in the world. I asked him what fuel he’s planning to use to replace bunker diesel since the world is ready to ban it. He told me that his company was looking at Liquefied Natural Gas or Liquefied Hydrogen….
Learn the true history of alcohol as the clean, renewable fuel in America, a story that oil companies and the media have kept hidden from you.
We are pleased to share, with permission, the article Whiskey Hill Farms’ Clean-Fuel Revolution from the Good Times newsletter, by Mark C. Anderson.
In this fascinating article in Edible Monterey Bay, Deborah Luhrman writes:
“What was once a giant packing shed now houses fermentation tanks and 12-foothigh distillation towers where Blume has been practicing what he calls “mankind’s second oldest profession”—making alcohol. The objective is to manufacture and sell distillation equipment that converts food wastes into alcohol, which can then be used for dozens of purposes from fuel to vodka….”
Now open to the public for the first time! Saturdays 10 to 2. For years, the Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center tour has amazed, informed, and delighted students — from grade school through post-graduate, including permaculture/landscape students — and visitors from the U.S. Senate and House and public agencies such as the USDA, the DOE, and NASA; from tribal governments; from the UN and numerous foreign governments; and from a wide range of non-profit development organizations. Now open to the public, unabridged, and full of excitement!
As part of our zero waste ethos at David Blume’s Whiskey Hill Farms & Science Center, we use two fermentation processes to produce alcohol and fertilizer. Instead of the current practice of treating most agricultural byproduct from agricultural operations as waste, this process turns this “waste” biomass into fertilizer and alcohol and reduces the waste stream going to the county landfill.