Date:         Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:35:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
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Consider this: the product made it to the testing labs of the FDA. They may
have a lot of ethical problems with it, but if it made it that far, I would
think it would have some merit as a product, as the FDA folks did not fall
off the cabbage truck all that recently.

Jim


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I read about the reschedule of the approval, but it still sounds
> like a bogus product. How does one powderize alcohol? You could freeze it
> and maybe grind it up real fine in, say, a pepper mill, but it would
> liquify as soon as it got above -114°C.
>
> I still claim hoax.
>
> You, sir, have it right in re alcohol content being Vanagon content and I
> thank you for the clarification.
>
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 04/24/2014 04:17 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> NPR ran an article on Palcohol monday morning, stating that its release
>> as a product was imminent. Later that day or tuesday, they retracted
>> that and announced that the FDA approval the product had been given was
>> done in error, and the process of approval would have to be started all
>> over again. Who knows how long that would take.
>>
>> At Felder Enterprises, Alcohol Content is Vanagon Content.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Please forgive -- this is best suited for Friday but I won't be able
>> to
>>     post on Friday and I have a burnin' desire.
>>
>>     Unless you've been living on Mars this past week, you've heard about
>>     "Palcohol" <http://www.engadget.com/2014/__04/21/palcohol/
>>
>>     <http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/21/palcohol/>> purported to
>>     be "Powdered Alcohol."
>>
>>     It's making quite a stir on the Internets, and if was a Real Thing
>> then
>>     it would be quite a boon for backpackers and other booze hounds who
>> like
>>     to travel light but catch a buzz anyway.
>>
>>     Unless it is microencapsulated droplet of actual ethanol, I have a
>>     suspicion that it's just a hoax.
>>
>>     Sounds like dehydrated water to me. There are chemists on this list
>> who
>>     might be able to weigh in.
>>
>>     --
>>     Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>     1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>     Bend, Ore.
>>
>>
>>