Elcriton - Food for Fuel, Food for Thought

A rousing Ignite Newark #1 presented some great ideas tonight. Among them, Elcriton.

I was fortunate to make the acquaintance of Bryan P. Tracy, Ph.D, CEO of Elcriton, a biofuel start up that "develops microbial catalysts and industrial bioprocesses that generate next-generation biofuels and petrochemical replacements through the conversion of renewable, non-food biomass."

That mouthful may sound like it was scripted by Ed Wood for Christopher Lee to declare as a demented scientist in a SciFi film, but in actuality it means Elcriton creates/engineers the ingredients and refining processes that drive production of or result in green-fuel products.

Currently, biobutanol, a vegetable-based biofuel that appears to have higher energy content, is less volatile, and is less hygroscopic (moisture loving) than ethanol, stands as Elcriton's incipient improved, green, and sustainable gasoline alternative.

With fossil fuels nearly depleted, greenhouse gases wreaking ecological havoc, and battles for limited energy resources always imminent, efforts like Elcriton's have seemed almost Quixotic: well-intentioned moralistic imperatives, but ultimately feckless. I mean, a fuel that is renewable, doesn't pollute, and provides similar energy bang as gasoline has been stuff more of science fiction. Elcriton has made it stuff of science.

Check out the company's website and see if you agree that smart, scientific stuff is happening at Elcriton. The Green Write will keep you posted on the bio-tech firm's latest.

Here's the website: http://elcriton.com/Home_Page.html