Military Vehicles, April 1997,: Re: [MV] Re: Gas / Ethanol

Re: [MV] Re: Gas / Ethanol

Underground Utilities - Tom Chism (tchism@terraworld.net)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:59:24 -0500

I don't know that it would be a big problem, but the Feds get upset when
you try to cheat them out of 45 cents per gallon of tax money.

Tom

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> From: John Emery <jemery@execpc.com>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: Re: [MV] Re: Gas / Ethanol
> Date: Thursday, April 10, 1997 10:04 PM
>
> >I have heard that some farmers in North Dakota produce their own fuels
for
> >both gasoline and diesel tractors. Does anyone know any facts on this.
Or
> >of any place that I could do some research of this?
>
> The US gov printing office has/had a number of publications pertaining to
> fuel alcohol production. I worked with an old timer who had received a
> grant from the feds to investigate fuel alcohol production from bakers
> waste. Project was very successful and yields were surprising (don't
> remember what). The key to the whole thing was the still. He had bought,
> and modified, a fractional column type, 21 feet tall, which gave him 190
pr
> in one pass through it. Of course if the fuel in any way shape or form
is
> going to leave your property, it has to be denatured to be legal. If
your
> interested I could try to track down the books I have on the topic
including
> maybe the research report on the bakers waste thing.
>
> je
>
>
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