Re: ethanol

In article <ftls74$fgj$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
danny burstein  <dannyb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In <ftlr9g$9jl$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Ciszek)
writes:
>
>>>I think e95 requires a conversion kit for the engine, while veg
oil-based
>>>biodiesel can by used by stock engines.
>
>>Are you saying there is an ethanol-based fuel for *diesel* engines?
>>That I hadn't heard of.
>
>There's "bio-diesel", which basically takes stuff
>like used veggie cooking oil, filters it, adds
>a bit of this and that, and lets you then burn it
>in a pretty much standard diesel engine.
>
>Smells like cooking french fries.
>
>The raw material is cheap (at the moment) because
>it's getting thrown out. Of course that would
>change as demand grows.

Apples and oranges.  Biodiesel is a substitue for diesel, ethanol
is supposed to be a substitute for gasoline.  Don't get the two
confused, or something is likely to explode.

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