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With enough alcohol I am. ;)
HJ
I've camped a few nights at extreme altitude, and I can say for sure that I was glad that I wasn't using an alcohol stove up there.
–B.G.–
> In theory it looks like HEET has 20% less energy than ethanol.
More like 35%.
Energy densities (Specific energy (MJ/kg))
Methanol 19.7
Ethanol 30
Propanol 33.5
Butanol 36.6
Gasoline 46.4
Methanol is CH3
Ethanol is C2H5OH
Propanol is C3H7OH (There are two forms.)
Butanol is C4H9OH (There are four forms.)
Paul:
Where are you quoting those energy figures from? I have some figures from Wikipedia (admittedly not authoritative) that are close but different. I'm wondering if your figures are better.
HJ
Mostly from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Wikipedia disagrees with Wikipedia? Sheesh.
HJ
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