Sure, you can run your alcohol stove on methanol; that's what comes in a bottle of HEET. I mean it's cheap and available and all -- but it doesn't have as much heat content as ethanol. In other words, you have to carry more methanol just to do the same amount of cooking.
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OK, so I can get more heat from ethanol than methanol, great, but alcohols with high ethanol content tend to be more expensive.
Just how much weight can I save? In other words,
Is Ethanol Worth It?Join me on today's Adventure in Stoving as we "do the numbers" on ethanol.
HJ
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