<VV> moonshine fuel (no vair)

[J R Read_HML]

I did see part of a show last week on fuel - don't know if it was Prime Time 
or not.  The TV was on for no real reason, but the story caught my 
attention.  They mentioned Brazil and sugar cane as a renewable source for 
fuel.  Can sell it for $1.00 per gal.  From corn, it would be $1.25 per gal. 
It takes 1 gal of fossil fuel to create 6 (maybe it was 10?) gallons of 
sugar cane fuel.  Half the cars in Brazil can run on the alternative fuel 
from the sugar cane.  I'm not sure now if it is half the total cars or half 
the new cars being sold.  Either way, it is significant.

I may not have this exact, but I think I remember it pretty closely.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu at roava.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:53 AM
Subject: <VV> Re: [VV-talk] Moonshine for SUVs!


> At 06:24 hours 05/15/2006, airvair wrote:
>>Did anyone see Primetime on May 7th? There was a guy that had developed
>>a method that, using Prairie grass, he could make 10 times the biofuel
>>energy that could be made from corn. He claimed that he could fuel cars
>>for less that $1.00/gallon.
>>
>>Regardless, as you point out, corn ethanol is an energy sink. Not really
>>worth using, or even investing the time or $ in it, IMHO.
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> There are flocks of people about 30 miles south of my location who would 
> quickly take issue with that statement.   They pay for some pretty serious 
> pickup trucks and real property with profits made from corn alcohol.
>
> Roanoke VA is about 30 miles north of the heart of Franklin County VA, the 
> moonshine capital of America.
>
> And yes, the stuff *will* burn if you light it.   It also will thin 
> shellac nicely and remove some brands of fingernail polish, according to 
> my sister.     I've not tried any of the stuff in motor fuels though.
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>
> tony..
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