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Old 04-23-2007, 03:09 AM   #21
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Great ETList article on betanol including molecule and comparison to methanol, ethanol and gasoline.
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Old 04-23-2007, 06:12 AM   #22
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The flash point of butanol is wayyyy to high for it to be a decent replacement for gasoline...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol

But I am glad that people are thinking...
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Old 04-23-2007, 06:29 AM   #23
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Talking to a couple from Florida yesterday about this - apparently they can grow sugar cane there and they do. Advantage of corn is the waste is usable - not sure about the sugar cane stalks.
We grow a ****load of sugar down here, and it's killing the everglades. Sugar refineries are bad things.
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