How about alcohol as an alternative fuel? Not a fossil, cheap, and burns very clean.?

Question

Fuel: alcohol

cheap, clean, environmentally friendly

Answer 1

alcohol is not as environmentally friendly as people are led to believe. remember that alcohol is still a hydrocarbon fuel, even drinkable ethanol, and thus still emits the same pollutants as gasoline. in fact you have to run as much as twice the amount of alcohol as gasoline to make the same power. the myth that alcohol is a cleaner burning fuel that gasoline started when emissions testing did. the thing that people forgot was that alcohol burns colder than gasoline does, and the sensor designed to read emission from burning gasoline wont read emissions from burning alcohol.

alternative fuels that do burn cleaner than gasoline though are propane, methane, and natural gas. these gases burn far more completely than gasoline or alcohol does.

Answer 2

If you mean alcohol like the alcohol I think you mean. I wouldn't call it cheap. For a gallon of the cheapest vodka (vladamears i think) it costs around $10.00!!

Woah man. $10.00 a gallon, ill stick to the bus.

But atleast it would be friendly, maybe too friendly.

Answer 3

Not cheap, poor gas mileage.  Hydrophillic.

Answer 4

I use it on two cars and one BMW motorcycle.E85 is $219.00Gal in Colorado. Also you can get a free permit to own a still to make 10.000Gal a year

Answer 5

IF IT IS MAKE FROM FOOD CROPS IT IS NOT CHEAP

AS IT CAUSES THE PRICE OF FOOD TO GO UP.

Then you are paying at the gas station and at the store for your fuel.

Answer 6

Stop alternative energy programs based on ethanol.   South America and the US used to export food. Now all that food is wasted and turned into gas that costs more per gallon, the production emits CO2 and on average uses 30 gallons of pure drinkable water (a resource that is getting scarcer on this planet see the news lately on all the drugs in your drinking water) to make 2 gallons of fuel while increasing the basic cost of food.   ethanol is bad for the environment, the waste by product produces more CO2 as it decomposes, it smells (just stop by a ethanol plant...just imagine working there!) and they need lots of water just to cool it down so it doe not get lost in the production process. Ethanol is hydroscopitic, meaning as it sits exposed to air it attracts water vapor. This water vapor will actually dilute the ethanol and any iron exposed to the ethanol (like gas tanks) will actually rust from the inside if not cared for.  Big cities in south America (Mexico city, Lima)  have higher smog levels than any city in the USA why? One factor is the fact that it takes more ethanol to equal one gallon of gas.

Answer 7

A beautiful fuel for to run Top-Fuel Rails,Funny-Cars,

Pulling-Tractors and various other racing equiptment on.

    Personally,I run on Top-Brand Micro-Brew Beer and

All Top-Shelf Likker.....and Ever-Clear(R) or Devils'Springs

(R) 'Lightnin'.

     Now,there is a piece of Federally Required equiptment

on ALL American Gasoline powered sedans,vans,pick-ups

and sport coupes(since,what,1964-65?). Called a

'Catylic Converter'...... . Not the best or worst of 'cleaners': for it

produces hydrogen sulfide and  corrosive forms of nitrogen

oxcylates and a few other chem-lab curosities.

     However,they DO Burn-up carbon MOnoxide and carbon DIoxide rather efficiently.......Hey , ya can't have your cake and

eat it too. Break the ceramic scaffolding for the Platinum plating in 'em and find out just how expensive these converters are to replace.

     And to think, The USA is the ONLY country in the

World to have taken this step(Plus all the other HP robbing

anti-pollution gear slapped on an engine)

    Are any of these "sky-is-falling" eco-shills going after

the Corporation that produces millions of the "camel of mid and south east Asia":' Tutt- Tutts'? A two - cycle oil smoke belching little vehicle that is an automotive dinosaur.Yet at

the same time....an endearing little powerhouse that'll move

mountians and nations and crops and tourists and arms and

ordnance and hooch and anything that goes from A to Z

and point A to point B.

    The fuel of tyranny : The ignorance of the populace.

    Tyrannys' vehicle   : Continual Propaganda

   Law of Physics       : Nothing is either created or destroyed.

There's no more CO2 here on or in Earth than what is already

here.

Anyways.........the green vegatation,algea and phytoplankton

need it to breathe.....and with out them....WE die .

They make O2............

                                                 Ciao,Sittingmoose,Shaman.

Answer 8

Alcohol is not cheap, Clean to burn but not to produce. Unless you can find a way to produce it different from the fermentation process that is used today.

Sounds like Aqua lung is brewing beer to me!:)

Answer 9

Hi,

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones because the price of gas doesn't really bother me any more.

About 2 months ago I found the strangest website that explained how you could run your car (or any vehicle for that matter) on a mixture of gas and water. As you would expect, I initially dismissed it as complete rubbish but when I bumped into a friend that had converted his car and doubled his miles per gallon I decided to take a look.

I'm no mechanic but still managed to convert my Subaru in about two hours. I'm stunned that just plain water can make this difference but my engine now not only runs much quieter but gives me around 33 miles per gallon instead of the 26 I was getting before!   It's just like gas prices have dropped by 26%!

If you like you can see some videos and info about this water for gas idea at: http://offto.net/waterforgas/

Answer 10

I currently run ethanol (corn alcohol) in a 1999 Dodge 3500 truck. But all Cummins engines were modified from the factory to run on BioD since around 1992 without any modification.

Most vehicles are already equipped to run on Alternative Energy. In fact you’re probably even driving one right now and didn’t even know it. Go to www agua-luna com for a list of this vehicles

The following are a couple types of products to make ethanol easily. There are however many materials one can use including sugar cane, corn, wood, etc. The information was cut directly from a guide I offer at www agua-luna com, it is complete but if anyone’s interested in other types of foods to use or a more specific step by step of the process, including building your own still legally, visit www agua-luna com

"THE usual sources of raw material for alcohol Ethanol production from starch are cereal grains such as corn, wheat, rye, barley, milo (sorghum grains), rice, etc. Other types of starch are available from potatoes of all kinds, Jerusalem artichokes, and other high-starch vegetables. Starch conversion is the standard method of production and the one we will discuss here.

It is possible, however, to make alcohol from sugar-producing plants (saccharine material) such as sugar beets, sugarcane, fruits, and others. These substances need no milling (as do grains), but they do require some kind of grinding or squeezing process. Rapid, efficient fermentation of these sugars has not been as well explored as the process using starch.

A third source of fermentables is cellulose, as found in wood and waste sulphite liquor. This more complex process requires the use of acids to reduce the material to wood sugars. Consequently, most do-it-yourselfers should stick to either starch or sugar.

MILLING

All grains must be ground before mashing to expose the starch granules and help them remain in suspension in a water solution. The grain should be ground into a meal -- not a flour! -- that will pass a 20-mesh screen. On a hammermill, however, a 3/16" screen will suffice.

Potatoes and similar high-moisture starch crops should be sliced or finely chopped. Since potato starch granules are large and easily ruptured, it isn't necessary to maintain the hard rapid boil which is required of the tougher, dryer "flinty" starches found in grains.

CONVERSION WITH ENZYMES

For small batches (5 bushels or less), fill the cooker with water (30 gallons per bushel), and add the meal slowly, to prevent lumps from forming. (When, cooking with steam, or at higher temperatures, it is possible to save energy by using less water at the beginning. But for the "small batcher" with an ordinary cooking apparatus, the most complete conversion is obtained by using the full amount of water right from the start to encourage a rapid rolling boil.)

Next, add 3 measuring spoons -- as provided -- per bushel of Alpha Amylase Enzyme (mixed in water) to the mixture and raise the temperature of the mash to 170 deg F (77 deg C), the optimum working environment for the enzyme. Hold the solution at that temperature for 15 minutes while agitating it vigorously.

At this point all the starch available at 170 deg F has been converted to dextrins, so it's time to raise the temperature of the mash to the boiling point. The concoction should be liquid enough to roll at its own rate -- if not, add 2 to 3 gallons of water. Hold the boil for 30 minutes to complete the liquefaction stage. All the starches are now in solution.

Now reduce the temperature to 170 deg F, using the cooling coil, and add 3 more measuring spoons per bushel of Alpha Amylase Enzyme (mixed in water). After 30 minutes of agitation at this temperature, all the previously released starches will have been reduced to dextrins, thereby completing primary conversion.

During secondary conversion the dextrins are further reduced to simple sugars (maltose and glucose) by the beta, or -- to be more exact -- glucoamylase enzymes. You need Alpha Amylase Enzyme and the yeast necessary to carry out secondary conversion and proper fermentation simultaneously, you can add 6 measuring spoons per bushel of the fermentation powder (mixed in water) as soon as you've brought the temperature down to 85 deg F (29 deg C) using the cooling coils."

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Dan Martin

Alterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% on Alternative & Author of How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Resource Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World... Instantly Elevating Their Income & Lowering Their Debt, While Saving The Environment by Using FREE ENERGY... All With Just One Click of A Mouse...For more info Visit:  

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Answer 11

how about coca cola or pepsi

Answer 12

If you want to starve people to death. There is not sufficient land to grow food and bio-fuels.

Answer 13

It would work except for the fact that it requires more energy to produce it than is saved by burning it. In addition, the boondoggle that makes it feasible to produce corn-based (maize-based) ethanol results in the loss of grassland and forest to produce the feedstock and forces up the cost of all grains.