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- From: petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire)
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- Subject: Re: On Sight Low Volume Alcohol Production
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.005453.29383@sequent.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 00:54:53 GMT
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- camelsho@gemini.ksu.ksu.edu ( James A Seymour) writes:
-
- >I'm looking for some good sources on/for farm alcohol production
- >primarily for agricultural uses. Also wanted is a treatment
- >of the conversion of engines to this fuel.
-
- Depends on the engine, conversion is in most cases pretty
- easy. More people are getting into it. When I was going to
- do it back in about 1980. Carb conversion kits (for what
- I had) were hard to find.
-
- >Also, I'm sure that pointers to any relavant regulatioins
- >would be necessary..
-
- Call your local ATF.
-
- >Any and all info is welcome, from the economics side to
- >mechanics.
-
- For me the material would have cost about $500, I had a
- 275 gal oil tank, and I had at the time a 'free' supply of
- wood. I still (no pun inteneded) have the remains of the
- column, I turned it into a light standard.
-
- Getting the 'food stock' is what stopped me. My supply went
- out of business.
-
-
- Mother's Earth News (old) did an article and also sold
- plans. You might see if the new owners/publishers still
- carry them.
-
- -pete
- Pete Lancashire
- petel@sequent.com
-