Sorry, I wasn't being clear.

What I originally wrote was:
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"Denatured Alcohol" is non-poisonous ethanol with about 10 percent methanol added to make it poisonous and undrinkable. That way it can be sold as a solvent without being subject to the excise taxes that apply to liquor.

But then it occoured to me that ethanol is not exactly inert either. Thus the irony. (and the confusion)

I didn't know that it was denatured with alternate substances also. I would agree that it would be better to make it unpalatable rather than deadly. With methanol you get a death sentence for tax evasion.
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