Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
There are a lot of toxic additives in automotive fuel that you do not want to inhale their products of combustion. Using car fuel should be avoided unless you have no other options.
I prefer liquid fuel stoves to butane/propane/isobutane, they work better in cold weather. The butane mixture stoves, I always seem to run out of fuel and have to change canisters half way thru a meal.
Where are you at this time? In USA or elsewhere?
You are being unnecessarily alarmist about automobile fuel. Yes, unburned fuel has a lot of toxic materials in it but then methanol is extremely toxic. When burned, however, the combustion products are carbon dioxide and water, just as they are with any fuel.
As for stoves, fuel availability is far better than it was 10 yeas ago. Helmart carries butane canister. I've done a lot of traveling recently and have checked in many different Walmarts across the midwest and south. I've found canisters in Mena, AR, Kolby, KS, and Charleston, WV, to name a few. I've found them all over every where.
I have a Primus Ominfuel which burns anything. It's a bit heavy but having the flexibility is worth the weight. The Omnilite Ti is lighter but more expensive.