Lance Crombie: Spokesperson for the Alcohol-fuel Movement

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Lance Crombie grows corn to use in making alcohol fuel.

Mr. Lance Crombie of Webster, Minnesota is a farmer … he even carries business cards which attest to that fact. Crombie, however, has a number of sidelines that aren’t exactly typical of a tiller of the soil.

Lance is, for instance, a former cancer researcher who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology, the inventor of a low-cost solar collector, a partner in the firm that distributes his invention, the chairman of the Minnesota State Heart Fund, an associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Minnesota, a member of the New York Academy of Science … and he’s listed in Who’s Who in the Midwest and Outstanding Young Men in the Midwest.

Lance is also a moonshiner.

A moonshiner? Yep, you read it right. You see, Crombie is the kind of guy who gets things done when they need doin’, and he’s not at all hesitant to buck the system or throw out the “accepted ” answers when he feels that he can find a better solution by himself.

So-when his family’s fuel bills became more than their budget could bear, Lance sat himself down, designed a sun-powered still, and began to produce corn alcohol … which he planned to use to heat his home and power his farm machinery.

  • Published on Jan 1, 1979
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