Hmmmm. I didn't know that butyric acid was bad for the environment, but I did know that is a component of rancid butter and vomit with a particular unpleasant odor. I think that alone could prevent use as fuel (although, to be honest, gasoline and diesel smell pretty nasty too).
On 12/16/05, Scott Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't read through the butanol links carefully, but I know one of the > problem with producing it in the past is that butyric acid (the carboxylic > acid of the alcohol) is produced. Butyric acid is very bad for the > environment. Later, > Scott > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
