Hello John, Thanks for the explanation. Now it all makes much more sense to me. I look forward to reading about your results, as conditions permit. Best of luck. AntiFossil Mike Krafka USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Re: ethanol stove and barbeque > >My question to you is why ethanol? What drove >you to select ethanol > >as the "replacement" fuel source for this application > Hi Anti Fossil, > . Several reasons. First there is the danger of propane. Propane is a gas > that under pressure is a liquid. I admit I am too careless with propane. I > would like to get rid of it for safety reasons if nothing else. You should > wear safety equipment when filling, transporting and attaching the propane > cylinder to the BBQ. The liquid propane boils to a gas when the pressure is > released. If when attaching the tank to the BBQ or upon filling or at > anytime you get a liquid propane leak and get it in your eye, your eye ball > will be instantly frozen. Ethanol on the other hand is so non toxic that > government requires that you make it toxic before you are allowed to use it. > Now doesn't that make sense to a Bureaucrat. Propane is considered a clean > fuel but it is a fossil fuel. Ethanol is a renewable fuel, it is much > cleaner than propane and it is free! and I like free! There is the labour > in converting the organic potato and apple waste by fermentation from a > restaurant and then a small energy charge in the distilling process. There > is danger involved in the tank and BBQ conversion so I do not recommend that > anyone actually try it without professional help of which I am not. I plan > to wait until warm weather to use the sun to help purge the tank so it will > be a while before I attempt the conversion. > Yours truly > John Wilson > Goldens > *************************************************** > Wilsonia Farm Kennel Preserve > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ph-Fax (902)665-2386) > > Web: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/goldens/new.htm > Pups: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/goldens/pup.htm > Politics: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/goldens/elect.htm > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/goldens/c68.htm > > > In Nova Scotia smoking permitted in designated areas only until 9:00 PM . > After 9:00 it is okey to kill everyone. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
