Auto-moo-biles? Ethanol made from milk coming soon to Michigan
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The Michigan Milk Producers Association is building a factory that will turn milk permeate whey byproducts into 2.2 million gallons of ethanol annually.
Dairy Distillery currently runs a facility in Almonte, Canada, that already uses the process to make a vodka it calls Vodkow. Gary Gastelu is Fox News Digital's automotive editor.
MMPA CEO Joe Diglio told Fox News Digital that when milk is separated into skim and butterfat for use in making dairy products like ice cream and cheese, it also creates a byproduct called milk permeate whey that is high in lactose sugar, which is filtered and concentrated.
Critically endangered whale seen off California coast: 'Every sighting is incredibly valuable to us'
In a rare sighting recently, the endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the coast of California by a marine wildlife team near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.