NBA star Shaquille O’Neal endorses home ethanol micro-fueler: says “call me Big Eth”

In California, NBA basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has become an endorser and customer of the GreenHouse MicroFueler, a home-based system that converts organic waste into fuel. Shaq joked with reporters that he was changign his nickname from “Diesel” to “Big Eth,”. “I tried it, I liked it,” O’Neal told the Orange County Register. “I flew to Southern California to see it first-hand. It’s cost effective and it works. Hopefully, with my presence, people will look at [the fuel system] and they’ll try it.” The MicroFueler produces ethanol for $2.00 per gallon.

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