[ace]

I'm no chemist so perhaps this will help someone else get a handle on what I hold as a valid concept.
We Backpackers are in aconstant search for lighter and simpler equiment. Reading up on long distance 'trekking; I learned acohol fueled stoves are are popular in many parts of world. They are lo-tech and easy to construct. Experimenting with boiling times, I experienced the real world differences between petroleum fuels and other fuel(i.e. alcohol).
Both support combustion.
both will toast yourt fingers.
Acohol didn' t boil my pot of water anywhere near as fast as gasoline fuels.
So I had to use alot more liquid alcohol to boil the same quantity of water.
Stop/Drop and roll works.

[spot5050]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ace', 'A')cohol didn' t boil my pot of water anywhere near as fast as gasoline fuels.
So I had to use alot more liquid alcohol to boil the same quantity of water.
Stop/Drop and roll works.

[ace]

clever 5050:I won't go into how much alcohol it takes to go to work each day for an evil global corp.

[spot5050]

So from practical experience, you're saying that 1kg of alcohol heats water less than 1kg of gasoline? I'm sure someone here will know if what you suspect to be true, is true. I didn't realise that the two don't give similar heat energy out when burned. I assumed they did.

[Sparaxis]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'y')ou're saying that 1kg of alcohol heats water less than 1kg of gasoline