And I'll bet Len Brews his own beer and distills his own liquer! Right?
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At 09:23 AM 7/31/97 -0400, Len Bugel wrote:
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>On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Steve Miller wrote:
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>> While discussing the future of petroleum as a diminishing resource as
>> well as a source of pollution no one has mentioned ethanol. I've heard it
>> is a standard fuel in Brazil. Does anybody know anything about using it
>> as a motor fuel? It is already a component in California gas and since it
>> can be made by fermentation of most carbohydrates it should never run
>> out. Any comments?
>> Steve Miller
>> 74MGB et al
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> Brazil has had a successful ethanol program for at least 20 years;
>the key is their climate - ideal for raising sugar cane. Ethanol
>production from cane is much more efficient than from grain crops such as
>corn. The cane is crushed and the juice squeezed out. The juice is
>directly fermmentable into alcohol, and the 'bagasse' (the remaining dry
>portion of the cane) can be burned as fuel for the still. By contrast,
>grains are not directly fermentable like sugar - the starch must first be
>converted in some way (malting, enzyme treatment), and there iss
>relatively less carbohydrate than in cane.
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>Len Bugel
>'51 TD
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