[oxcart]

The south returning to it's NASCAR roots.

[cinives]

I'm planting apple trees this year...

[SF Republican]

Had some great 'shine from Arkansas a few years back; the sheriff that brewed it used it to run the tractors; the stuff would take your breath away and chrome off of bumper.

[JamesP81]

I think it's humorous when the pols are on TV and they start talking about ethanol plants like they're some kind of a high-tech highly-sophisticated manufacturing apparatus.

They aren't. They're moonshine stills. Big ones. I've known and been related to some people that could teach these guys how to do it right.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Tullahoma is not too far from the Jack Daniels site. Maybe more of that stuff can end up in Americans' gas tanks instead of their brain cells.

[mysterio]

I have respect for the rugged individualism of moonshiners. And now, they're helping us achieve energy independence, too! But they better not denature that stuff. LOL

[70times7]

It's car fuel... no it's a beverage... no it's both!

(it's a desert topping and a floor polish!)

[Dark Skies]

Here's the link (click on the pic)...

[HEY4QDEMS]

Cool, I can drill a hole through the floor and run a straw from the tank to the drivers seat.

[Havok]

I cant wait to see teenagers in the future siphoning ethanol from cars to get drunk on.

[MainFrame65]

It's not as simple as just distillation. Ethanol forms a eutectic mixture with water at about 96%/4%, and cannot be distilled to a greater purity. That amount of water, when mixed with gasoline, can cause serious problems in IC engines. The distillate must be chemically treated to remove the remainder of the water before it can be used for fuel in an engine that is not specifically built for the task.

Also, An engine built to operate most efficiently with ethanol would need a higher compression ratio than one built for gasoline. This is determined in the engine design and not alterable during operation, so any engine that uses a variable mixture of the two is not optimized.

[fredhead]

"The American Petroleum Institute, which represents the oil industry, is all for putting ethanol into gasoline but questions the wisdom of doing it yourself."

Of course they do!!!!! That would cut into the profits!!!!

[Sender]

This here's race gas, Jed.

[B Knotts]

Well, it's still illegal to distill alcohol at home, something that should have been legalized long ago.

It is, however, perfectly legal to brew your own biodiesel.

[heldmyw]

You know... the whole trick to distillation is that alcohol boils (turns to vapor) at around 187 degrees (F) and water at 212 (F)... Not a spectacular temp, really.

A small scale distiller, operating on, say, the waste heat from your hot water heater, furnace or even the air conditioner (yes, Skippy, part of it gets quite hot), could conceivably produce enough fuel additive to make a real difference in one's personal budget...

It does cut out oil company profits though. Expect it to remain illegal.

[Biblebelter]

Patrick Kennedy could recycle the Rapist in Chief. I siphoned but I didn't imbibe.

[shield]

I heard the big oil guys way back when....got stills outlawed by the feds cause they wanted only to have gasoline/oil to fuel peoples cars stopping alcohol from being the fuel. Of course, the reason for stopping stills was actually a big ole' lie.

[Labyrinthos]

"The American Petroleum Institute, which represents the oil industry, is all for putting ethanol into gasoline but questions the wisdom of doing it yourself."

The ATF people might also question the wisdom... and legality.

[Old Professer]

Go to the Tennessean.com and you'll find pictures

[knews_hound]

Homebrewers PING

On or off the Homebrewers Ping list, let me know.

Cheers,

knewshound

Brew Your Own

[livius]

Too funny! Well, I guess our good ol boys always knew what was going on...maybe they were a little ahead of the curve, though.