Re: useful analogy

From: Jim Richardson (warlock_at_eskimo.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 09:30:33 GMT

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On 1 Sep 2004 01:28:55 -0700,
 N. Thornton <bigcat@meeow.co.uk> wrote:
> Hatunen <hatuunen@cox.net> wrote in message news:<232aj05dsoqov807hv5tdcjfsd98lq4b5p@4ax.com>...
>> On 31 Aug 2004 14:29:15 -0700, bigcat@meeow.co.uk (N. Thornton)
>> wrote:
>
>> >Runnable?
>> >
>> If yo don't mind methanol in your ethanol.
>
> I didnt think that would be a problem. Would it?
>
> NT

Depends, some plastics don't like methanol, but have no problem with
ethanol, but for the most part, it's not too big a deal. Methanol has
about 70% of the btu's of ethanol, which is another issue, you'd need to
rejet the carb, or reprogram the EFI if you significantly change the
ratio of methanol-ethanol in the fuel.

The problem with using alchohol as a replacement for petroleum fuel, is
the biomass required to produce it in the first place. We use *way* too
much gasoline &etc to replace it all with biomass alchohol. Converting
some of the "waste" to alchohol or other fuels is a possibility, but it
won't *replace* gasoline/diesel use, only supplement it.

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Jim Richardson     http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
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