Miura Boiler Co.-Plant Focuses on Fuel-to-Steam Efficiency (Aug. 2006)
Miura Boiler, Inc. has developed boilers that can be turned on and off like light bulbs so they always operate at peak efficiency for greatest energy savings and fastest response to fluctuating demand.
How did Seth Tibbott, vegetarian naturalist and environmental activist, become the second largest Tempeh manufacturer in the US and the inventor of Tofurky? He came across the concept of Tempeh in a magazine that included an address you could write to for a free spore sample. Tempeh is a boiled soybean product to which the beneficial mold called rhizopus oligosporus has been added. When cultured at the proper temperature, this mixture of soybeans and mold grows into a solid cake.
Tibbott made his first batch in a jury-rigged incubator. He liked it so much he shared it with his friends who were soon asking him to make it for them. For Tibbott, a light bulb literally when on. He was incubating the Tempeh in a little refrigerator heated by a string of Christmas tree lights. He felt that there was a future in America for this product and decided to quit his day job as a teacher-naturalist and began working nights to finance his new Tempeh venture.