For those wanting to be more self sufficient...

[DuckLady]

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I appreciate that Southern posted tips based on her expertise. Now if I told you how to be self sufficient by making your own clothes with fabric from old clothing, you can accuse me of promoting my own shop. But it is better that I give you tips on remaking clothing instead of making car fuel from ears of corn, because, noble and self sufficient as it is, you would end up blowing up your neighborhood, because I don't have the first clue about making it. If someone who made a living at making this fuel wanted to teach me, I would be grateful for their expertise.

I think you are reading way too much into Southern's thread. Now quit picking on her.

 

[mdbucks]

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Yeah but if you put baking soda and vinagar in your washing machine you could have a giant volcano, we did this in science class.

 

[DuckLady]

Oh, what's that garbage disposal cleaner made with vinegar, baking soda and something else. It is great at cleaning out the gunk from the kitchen sink drains. Really inexpensive to make, too.

 

[mdbucks]

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now you peaked my interest, how many ears of corn will I need??

does it have to be on the cob, or could I use scratch that I already have, since its not really good for my chickens.

will this run my car more efficiently or just substitute the fuel being used?

and finally will this work with a deseal engine, if it does maybe I can get my boss to let me use his big truck to go get a lot of corn?

 

[hsm5grls]

Yeah but if you put baking soda and vinagar in your washing machine you could have a giant volcano, we did this in science class.

Even more fun.....put a bunch of baking soda in a 2 liter bottle add a bunch of vinegar and put the lid on as fast as you can and then throw it across the yard. LOL be careful though it can explode from the pressure. Very hard to get it right though.​

 

[mdbucks]

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Even more fun.....put a bunch of baking soda in a 2 liter bottle add a bunch of vinegar and put the lid on as fast as you can and then throw it across the yard. LOL be careful though it can explode from the pressure. Very hard to get it right though.

sorta like mentos and diet coke, but that isnt gonna save me any money, but it does make for a good time.

 

[hsm5grls]

Sure it does MD.........cheap entertainment.
By the way the mentos diet coke thing is a fun little mess to make LOL

 

[DuckLady]

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now you peaked my interest, how many ears of corn will I need??

does it have to be on the cob, or could I use scratch that I already have, since its not really good for my chickens.

will this run my car more efficiently or just substitute the fuel being used?

and finally will this work with a deseal engine, if it does maybe I can get my boss to let me use his big truck to go get a lot of corn?

Those are very good questions.
Try pouring scratch corn in your gas tank and let us know what happens.

 

[quadcam79]

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now you peaked my interest, how many ears of corn will I need??

does it have to be on the cob, or could I use scratch that I already have, since its not really good for my chickens.

will this run my car more efficiently or just substitute the fuel being used?

and finally will this work with a deseal engine, if it does maybe I can get my boss to let me use his big truck to go get a lot of corn?

scratch, first you make a mash, in the meantime build a still and if you want to be all legit like you apply for a still permit from the ATF and sign a paper saying you promise you will use the ethanol as fuel and not moonshine and you wont drink it, cross your fingers...

then you boil the mash in the still and out comes pure alcohol, add some fuel to make it toxic and viola you have 180 proof fuel

you can also make fuel from cereal grains such as corn, wheat, rye, barley, milo (sorghum grains), rice, etc. Other types of starch are available from potatoes of all kinds, Jerusalem artichokes, and other high-starch vegetables. as well as sugar-producing plants such as sugar beets, sugarcane, fruits, and others.

you'll get about 4.2 gallons of fuel from 100lbs of corn
oh and I wouldnt run straight e85 in a non flex fuel car....synthetic gasoline has lubricants that e85 doesnt... e85 is ( 85% ethanol/15% gasoline) e85 can do bad things to older cars

 

[Southern28Chick]

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DH bought a bunch of corduroy pants and jackets at a thrift store for about 5 dollars. I'm making a large patched purse out of different colors of corduroy and he has made about 4 "smoking hats" so far. I'm sorry to say that when it comes to hand sewing, DH is better than me. He made the 4 hats in about 6 hours, hand sewn. I make the tassels for them though.