I've been a brewer for about twenty years now and if legal could make several differnet types of fuel. However any production of any substance ( for human consumption or not) over 13% al/bv is concidered a dist. Process and is TECH. Ilegal. ( on a fed. Level,and varies from state to state) . The process of tax dert. Would kill any small scale operation.
That said i would work with corn myself , in that one may produce both ethanol and corn oil and feed stock is fariley cheap ( or self grown ).
There is alot of talk about switch grass and several other plants that can be used also.
Rejeting your carb for diferent fuel ves. (or spec.Grav.) would be nessary , as gas has an s.g. Lower than water.
All this aside it can be done, rudolph desiel ( a prussian btw) was determined to create an engine that ran on whatever a farmer could grow.
Just doing a calc in my head i would guess that a ten gal. Batch of corn would create fuel enough for around a 1000 miles , so well worth doing .
Homegrown fuels have been tossed around for a few years now and last i heard is still stuck at the fed level in that :
1 they want there tax money ( no matter what you plan to use it for )
2 you need a lic. Both fed and state.
3 an inspector needs to verify tax det. And al/bv PER batch at your expense
4 any alc. Not for human consumption must have an additive making it quote " un palatable to humans" at least here in IL.
Most of witch i dont want in my engine. (labs often use iodine)
All that bs aside i still think it 's worth trying , laws can be changed and with gas prices climbing all the time , it makes self prod. Cash smart.
