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12-03-12 | 08:44 AM

#172

cyccommute

Mad bike riding scientist

Joined: Nov 2004

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From: Denver, CO

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewclaus

I'm not sure why my link stopped working, but it was supposed to link to a windshield washer concentrate which supposedly is alcohol-based.

Windshield washer fluid contains some methanol but it also contains a lot of water. It also contains ammonium hydroxide. The water content, 40 to 70%, would make a poor fuel into a very poor fuel. The ammonium hydroxide wouldn't burn at all but would very quickly corrode aluminum parts. A very, very poor choice for fuel.

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