Sure, you can run your alcohol stove on methanol. That's what comes in a yellow bottle of HEET. I mean it's cheap and available and all -- but it doesn't have as much heat content as ethanol. In other words, you have to carry more methanol just to do the same amount of cooking.
OK, so I can get more heat from ethanol than methanol, great, but alcohols with high ethanol content tend to be more expensive.
Just how much weight can I save? In other words,
Is Ethanol Worth It?Join me on today's Adventure in Stoving as we "do the numbers" on ethanol.
HJ
