[biofuel] Gunpowder engine

2001-01-12 Thread David Teal
Who remembers the gunpowder engine? Never seen one but heard they were made to work once. My thesis is that: *we degrade the energy content of starchy feedstock by fermenting it to ethanol; *this is perfectly evident from the amount of CO2 released; *dry, finely milled starch as a

Re: [biofuel] Gunpowder engine

2001-01-12 Thread John Harris
-Original Message- From: David Teal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@egroups.com biofuel@egroups.com Date: Friday, 12 January 2001 12:09 Subject: [biofuel] Gunpowder engine Hi David Agree with your comments about starch and alcohol. dont know if i'd like to try the dry fuel in a piston