Why not use Acetylene from cheap Calcium Carbide as a Fuel instead of Gasoline, Natural Gas, Propane?

Question

Acetylene can be cheaply produced by mixing Water and Calcium Carbide (Cost about $70 a Ton) to produce Acetylene. Which is a clean burning gas, it has been used in the past for indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, Bicycle Lights. Acetylene can be commercially used for heating, transportation and as a general fuel instead of expensive Gasoline, Natural Gas, and Propane?

Calcium Carbide is a mix of Limestone and Charcoal that is abundantly available in all corners of the world.

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/exhibits/panam/sel/acetylenebook.html

A Welder runs his car on Acetylene:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Transportation/1980-03-01/I-Run-My-Car-on-Acetylene.aspx

So my question to you is why we are not using Acetylene as a clean fuel. I think it’s a viable alternative fuel that has been just used for Metal Cutting and Welding. It has wider applications; someone was talking about using it as a fuel on Mars, using atmospheric CO2 to make Acetylene.

Thanks

Answer 1

yes we can run a bike or car with acetylene gas........its possible.....