Will Products That Enable Energy Independence Be Big Business?

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Today, Popular Mechanics is running an article on the first product to make Ethanol production easy enough for the average joe (like me).

While the Micro Fueler product certainly isn’t cheap, and may or may not succeed, it does raise an interesting question: do products like this one, which would help to decentralize the source of energy in the US, have the potential to generate big profits?

In other words, is it mainstream enough? Does the average person want to produce his or her own energy? Or is this just a cult-niche product?

What do you think? Too much work? Easy enough to catch on? Let us know in the comments.

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