[Land-speed] Alternate Fuels

[Skip Higginbotham]

HHHMMM...how did ethanol get to be a response to this note? Oh 
well.... Doesn't ethanol absorb water?????
Skip



At 09:16 AM 7/15/2007, Robert J. Denton wrote:
>I was just reading that ethanol takes anywhere from three quarters of
>a gallon to a gallon and a quarter of fossil fuel to produce. It must
>be transported by tanker truck since it tears pipes apart and when
>left in your gas tank the water separates. All good things for your
>fuel system. Why are we pursuing this direction?
>
>Bob D.
>
>On 7/15/07, Skip Higginbotham <Saltrat at pahrump.com> wrote:
>>Now if you want to use a fuel that has energy and is proven to be as
>>easy to handle as propane albeit a bit more smelly (understatement),
>>why not use anhydrous ammonia? Meter it like we meter propane. I have
>>safely transferred thousands of gallons of the stuff from trailer
>>tanks to tractor tanks for fertilizing fields. Same/similar safety
>>precautions as propane for a road vehicle should work.
>>Skip