I can only speak as one person in a group of thousands of alternate fuelers, I came to this list earlier this Summer thinking ethanol and stills but listening to the difficulties in that process compared to biodiesel processing made me change everything I was planning. Although I am a rusty mechanic who worked exclusively with gas powered VWs I never really worked with diesel engines. The people in this group are an incredible inspiration. I have modified everything mechanical that I own, never satisfied with 'off the shelf' products. I have a still in the back of my head and intend to do it someday but it is actually the beer (mash) brewing that has me leery, not the distillation. JTF has info and links to every type of still ever conceived. The continuous feed still used in the whisky industry is state of the art. However the dry process still used in the mid-west U.S. takes corn and turns it into 190 proof ethanol with record efficiency. Wait until you see how complex and expensive not to mention dangerous ethanol is compared to bio-diesel. Just Google any of these terms like 'ethanol' or 'dry mill process' There is a reason that just about any alternate fuel search query brings up a reference to Journeytoforever web pages, these people 'have it going on.' Yeah, not to be discouraged about ethanol, I'm not. It is overwhelmingly encouraging how much more suited to the back yard shop the bio-diesel process is. So much so that I believe it is frugal to switch my vehicles to diesel and learn all there is to learn about this technology while it's hot. Want to see a totally amazing gas engine mod? Take a look at Robert's Hydrogen supercharged gas Ranger. http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ Doing the flip flop... again! Keep an open mind if you can Brian Rodgers
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