Originally Posted by
spectastic
1. fuel availability: I'm guessing you can't always find stores that have pure alcohol. and even when you do, the alcohol may be different, and there's no way to control how how the fuel burns, especially if it's not pure alcohol
This isn't the issue you may think it is. Almost all hardware stores and paint stores will have methyl hydrate aka wood alcohol, an excellent clean burning fuel. Up here a litre of the stuff is less than 5 bucks.