Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:18:09 -0700
Reply-To: Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
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I remember, in South Africa they were doing it from sugar cane. And they
had I think more than 10% alcohol. It actually was eating up the old
carburators and jellied it up so some of the little holes go clogged up and
had to buy new ones that were made of materals that was suitable for the new
gas.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Foss - Shazam" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
> Well Don !
> I think you NAILED IT - obviously our fuel should be 10 % Rum !!!
>
> But i think you have the general gist of 'the problem' regarding
> congress mandaated corn to make fuel.......
> And as i saw in a political cartoon about ethanol -
> I think it's making a lot of farmers rich right now too, or the new Farm
> Bill will.
>
> it's expensive to make,
> and it makes food prices go up.
> ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what it was just now ) ..
> scott
> turbovans
>
> Don Hanson wrote:
>> This talk about Ethanol mixed into pump gas. Can one only make Ethanol
>> from
>> Corn, or does any fermenting plant produce it? Did I imagine reading
>> somewhere that our Gov. decreed corn to be *the* designated bio-source
>> for
>> ethanol over other plants that might be more productive when turned into
>> 'go-juice'? Like sugar cane, sugar beets, etc? Seems like using only
>> corn
>> is a waste, since corn is also a pretty widely eaten food source for
>> humans,
>> while cane and beets just make sugar, mainly...and rum...
>> Hmmm..maybe Rum is important to those Oil Boys who are in charge right
>> now...
>> VW van content: Back in my Split window Hippy Van days, we used to
>> make a
>> home brew we called "Pineapple Swipe". Took only a few days to get
>> pretty
>> strong, so we'd mix up a batch when we left on a long surfing trip, stash
>> it
>> in the back of the van and later on throw a big party..."Pineapple Swipe"
>> because we often swiped the base ingredient: pineapples...Little
>> criminals
>> and hooligans that we were (are?)
>> Don Hanson
>>
>>
>>
>
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