Re: Bioethanol water mix (e.g. overproof Rum or vodka e.g. Stroh 80) as an engine fuel?

And the odd part is that all alcohol is "green", in the strictest sense.
Methanol can be cooked from wood chips, leaves, grass, etc.


Ed Cregger


"Doug McLaren" <dougmc+usenet-20071218@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <fk4cde$v40$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Glenn Møller-Holst <nomail@xxxxx> wrote:

| Have any tried to use a bioethanol water mix (e.g. overproof Rum or
| vodka e.g. Stroh 80) as an (model) engine fuel?

Sounds expensive. And a waste! Unless the taxes are different over
there -- here, if it's drinkable alcohol, it's heavily taxed and
therefore much more expensive and regulated than something that's not
drinkable.

| It might also be named 5D bioethanol?

Odd name. Why not just `ethanol' ? I guess bioethanol sounds more
`green'.

| The engine should be made of corrosion resistant like materials
| (e.g. ceramics):

Why? Our normal engines run on a mixture of methanol, oil and maybe
some nitromethane. I don't doubt that ethanol and oil would work just
as well, and a little water doesn't hurt things (but it's best to get
it out when you store the engine, or it'll cause corrosion. After-run
oil works pretty well.)

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Doug McLaren, dougmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
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