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And, in a dire emergency, you can even drink it.
You can also make ethanol from wood.
Stock/store ‘Everclear’ in this country. Many medicinal and cooking uses, and if you can drink it-You NEEDED a drink. Trades well and beats building that still right away.
A very lively substance chemically. It can make people more attractive, less attractive, funny, not funny, pathetic, empathetic, horny, and virtually celibate. And it can even make me believe I can dance.
Powerful stuff ...
Alcohol is great for cleaning lenses. It floats the dirt off the lense so it can be blotted up with tissue or cloth, dries quickly and does not attack the glue or sealers.
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I’d be interested to know the chemical process for #41 - drying wet clothes. Alcohol evaporates more easily than water - does it accelerate the evaporation process for H2O ?
On a (somewhat) related note.... I don’t know how correct this is, but I’ve read that one of the handier things you can keep around for emergencies is a bottle of hand sanitizer. Being 70% ethyl alcohol, it can be used for a firestarter, cleaner, etc. I’m told that if you mix salt into the stuff, the gels precipitate out and you liquid ethyl at your disposal for use as a fuel, etc.
Everybody needs a beer after a hard day of hunter/gathering.
Someone here said they were allergic to alcohol... it made them break out in handcuffs.
A Bible, a bottle of Bourbon, and a .44 ought to see anyone through any calamity.
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I have very high energy children. Active play inside just isn’t the same as going outside to play, which can’t happen because of the weather. So I’m using alcohol to survive several days of being cooped up with my kids lol!
Over 60% alcohol (120 proof) is an effective anti-bacterial agent for sanitation, as a food preservative, to make herbal and medicinal herbal extracts (much stronger and doesn’t spoil quickly). It is also a very good solvent.
It’s traditional use was a means to put surplus crops in a high energy, compact form for transport or to keep through the winter months without spoilage.
Trade for ammunition.
***vodka was an ingredient in early European gunpowder. ***
Interesting. My book says urine was used, and the best urine was from a wine drinking Bishop.
Saltpetre
Sulfur
charcoal.
blended together with urine, dried and broken up into small granules (corned powder).
Funny story. Years ago we had a train derailment in my village. Tank cars carrying wood alcohol tumbled snd released their contents into the air. Three younger FIrefighters walked between the stopped cars to get to the station. They ingested enough of the stuff to be taken to the ER. As it turns out “ethyl alcohol.” Is the antidote. The were treated by IV and kept to a .2 BAC for three days. It was funny to see these guys so drunk. I remember them swearing off alcohol for a long time.
Putting vodka in a small, fine-mist spray bottle is an excellent mosquito killer. It knocks them down and makes them squirm & die, and it’s not nearly as toxic for pets and kids as commercial bug sprays are. And it’s less expensive when you buy the cheap stuff that comes in plastic bottles. I refuse to drink vodka myself, because it gives me a headache. But I’m glad I found a practical use for those fifths of vodka that my grandpa stored up in the attic when he went on the wagon.