Do you want to escape rising gasoline prices? You can make your own fuel and here is how. The Alcohol Fuel handbook, first published in 1980, presents knowledge gained through the extensive practical experience of the author and her then partner, Robert Brautigam, in the production of ethanol for fuel. Now updated and revised, the book is increasingly relevant as gasoline prices rise. Learn to produce fuel alcohol, use the byproducts, modify engines to run on ethanol and deal with government regulations. The appendix even includes plans for building your own Remote Post Column.
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Lynn Ellen Doxon became involved with alternative energy as a VISTA volunteer in the mid 1970's. Robert Brautigam attended a seminar on fuel alcohol she hosted in 1978, then invented a very efficient fuel alcohol still. They formed the Tallgrass Research Center and continued to promote fuel alcohol until Brautigam s death in 1982. Although pursuing other interests since then, including earning a PhD in horticulture and starting a family, Dr. Doxon has maintained her interest in renewable energy sources. She lives with her husband, mother and three daughters in a solar heated house in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is an excellent resource for those interested in self-sufficiency or those who just want to beat the rising costs of oil and gas. The book breaks down the facts and knowledge needed to make alcohol fuel into simple and easy to understand language. The basics of alcohol fuel production are laid out and the details of building your own still are included. Even if you are not interested in producing your own alcohol fuel, but are interested in learning more about ethanol and alcohol based fuels, this book provides you with the facts needed to understand this growing market.
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Not quite the booze I expected,
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This is an updated publication of a c. 1980 text. It is very informative on the properties of fuel alcohol and the different raw material possibilities. It also explains in some detail how to make ethanol on the farm-scale from improvised DIY equipment.
It would benefit from a more up-to-date context and a slightly more commercial orientation, in my opinion.
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I got this book to look into the practicality of making my own fuel. As a replacement for gasoline and driving my vehicle, it is not practical. As a resource for powering chainsaws, sawmill and other gas operated tools, it has some possibility. If you think growing your own fuel is a potential, read this book. I think you'll come to some of the same conclusions I did, but it is worth the expense to understand why.
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