Alcohol as fuel

[Poot]

If I remember correctly, you can make a cocktail of sorts with vegetable oil, and use it as fuel for diesel engines. no conversions needed.

Its a pretty simple solution to reducing emmisions, and it provides jobs to farmers who grow veggies (most likely soy) and for the plants to produce it.

I wont get into it, because it gets too political......but we know why its not being implemented on a serious scale. wouldnt take much.


but it would be interesting to see if they could fuel a bike on liquid hydrogen :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

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[Mr. Jiggles]

but it would be interesting to see if they could fuel a bike on liquid hydrogen :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

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Oh! The Humanity!!

[Anonymous]

methanol burning in a combustion engine can sometimes generate a chemical similar to formaldehyde.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/resnotes/notes/97-6.htm

[Anonymous]

building a bike around a diesel engine?

I watched monster garage a time or two ago and saw them build a trike using a highway tractor diesel.

I understand the Germans built a diesel fired motorcycle during WW2.

The military pattern motorcycles would be likely cost prohibitive, if they were available to the public for sale (for me anyway)

Putting biodiesel aside...has anyone built a bike around, say a four cylinder VW rabbit (diesel)engine? or say a yanmar (or simular) generator engine?

I could almost see the look on ppls faces using an exhaust brake on a motorcycle...LOL

comments?

[Anonymous]

Putting biodiesel aside...has anyone built a bike around, say a four cylinder VW rabbit (diesel)engine? or say a yanmar (or simular) generator engine?

Check out:

http://www.vw3literlupoclub.com/1200_TDI_motorfiets.html

A 1.2L turbo diesel from teh VW Lupo. Lupo specs at:

http://techauto.tripod.com/lupo/

Nice work from the looks of it, too.


Mark

[gremlin]

a budy of mine had a trike, the motor was from a old vw air cooled.

a few other problems to point out on using ethanol for a fuel sorce. to go the same distance as 1 gal of gas it takes 1.5 gal of ethanol. I cant find the web site any more. one enviro from germany took a good look at how much farm ground would be needed to supply germany with corn for a years supply of ethanol. it would take the hole land mass of germany for a weeks supply, to make the hole year it would take the combined land mass of the ussr, usa and germany.

I live less than 10 miles from a ethanol plant. a budy of mine cant sell his house the plant is less than a 1/2 mile from his house. he has a lovely hole in the ground that was a swiming pool, its now a black fungus pit with matching grass.

ethanol is fun to play around with but not good for a full time replacement.

check this out. trash can be turned into oil.

news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1125_031125_turkeyoil.html

https://www.discover.com/issues/may-03/features/featoil

[blackwolf]

WOW , that crazy you also have more of chance of catching on fire to and the only way you can see it burns blue no yellow or orange so it harder to see so be carefully, you can always just add it to your gas .you can try ratio's like 8onces. per 5 gallons

[mixongw]

If I remember correctly, you can make a cocktail of sorts with vegetable oil, and use it as fuel for diesel engines. no conversions needed.

Its a pretty simple solution to reducing emmisions, and it provides jobs to farmers who grow veggies (most likely soy) and for the plants to produce it.

I wont get into it, because it gets too political......but we know why its not being implemented on a serious scale. wouldnt take much.


but it would be interesting to see if they could fuel a bike on liquid hydrogen :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

My Cummins powered Dodge pickup has seen two gallons of used motor oil poured into the tank at every oil change. It has 80K on it now with no problems. Once, I even added a gallon of corn oil that had gotten a little rancid. It actually has a little mor power with the oil added to the Diesel.

[crc1214]

"..... a 175-pound man fell into one end, he would come out the other end as 38 pounds of oil, 7 pounds of gas, and 7 pounds of minerals, as well as 123 pounds of sterilized water"...... LOL!!. I'd use the oil, the gas and the minerals no problem..... but there aint NO WAY you'd get me to drink that water!!