<VV> methanol vs. ethanol

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

Unlike gasoline and butanol, ethanol (denatured booze) mixes quite well  
with water; this corrodes carburetor metal and raises h**l with rubber  hoses. 
 If the powers that be want to include bio-derived fuel, they don't  have 
to cause farmers in the Midwest to sequester their corn crop for  
fermentation to ethyl alcohol rather than for food for humans and domestic  animals; 
biomass (waste agricultural material) ferments easily to butanol, which  mixes 
easily with gasoline and doesn't contribute to the damage done to fuel  
system parts.
 
The reason methanol is used for racing but not on the street is that, if an 
 accidental fire should happen, there would be no visible flame and things 
could  get out of hand rather quickly.  (Beside the fact that jetting for 
methanol  is hideously rich, compared to gasoline.)
 
Scotty from Hollyweird
 
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In a message dated 10/18/2012 1:44:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net writes:

There's  all the talk about ethanol being 'bad' for internal combustion
engines,  especially small engines like chain saws lawn mowers,  etc.

Why?

...and back in the day we used to add gas-line  antifreeze to our gas tanks
to absorb moisture in the tank, but I think  that was methanol. 

My college chemistry is a bit rusty; so what's the  difference between the
two, and does methanol have these negative  characteristics?







Harry Yarnell

Perryman  Garage and Orphanage

hyarnell1 at earthlink.net  



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