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Last Four Lokos Getting Recycled Into Ethanol

We suffered a heavy loss last month when caffeinated, alco-sugary backwash Four Loko was taken off the shelves after a ban on all alcohol-caffeinated drinks. But what happened to the last of the Loko supply? In a loathsome turn of events, it's currently being recycled into ethanol and other non-blackout-inducing products. Which means Four Loko will now be powering our cars!

According to Brian Potter, vice president of operations at MXI Environmental Services, a couple of hundred truckloads of the drinks would be coming to the plant, and each truck holds 2,000 cases of the 23.5-ounce cans. With more than 30 alco-caffeinated drinks being thrown on the pyre, it will take months to ethanolize them all. We're just counting the days till we hear about a holdup of one of those trucks by a pair of bandanna-adorned Chillwave enthusiasts.

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  • Loko-motive?

  • Ragingsemi

    They're still selling it at my bodega! (I won't disclose the location I want it all to myself)

  • AhHoon

    Ah Hoon use it on rickshaw. Rickshaw now in 12-step program!

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