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re: ethanol for vehicle fuel?
9 apr 1997
mystic of oz wrote:
: is there anyone here who has practical experience in using plain
: ethanol, rather than a 5-10% mix with gas, as a fuel in a normal car.
brazil had lots of cars running on 100% ethanol, no?
: also interested in any other practical car fuels that can be
: "home-made" to remove dependence on the big fuel companies.
this sounds like a good one, if you have something to ferment and a solar
still in a sunspace. perhaps anhydrous alcohol could also be used to store
solar heat, as with a concentrated lithium chloride solution. how much heat
is released when a gallon of alcohol absorbs a pound of water vapor?
nick
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