hoarding ethyl alcohol

kernull · Tar Sands Joined: May 14, 2008 Posts: 20

I was thinking to hoard gas and I found it has shelf life of as much as 18 months.
Diesel , kerosene, ... same story.
I thought of hoarding LP gas and I need special tanks.
Then I found that ethyl alcohol could be an ideal solution.
As far as I have been researching, pure alcohol (ethyl alcohol) has a shelf life of more than a human being has. And you also can drink it and it also has calories for your consumption if theres no food around.
I put alcohol into my coleman propane stove and cooked my breakfast just fine.
In short, looks like just an ideal fuel to hoard.
The primary usage will be for food preparation.
A 20 liters LP gas cost me today $20 usd.
A 20 liters 100% ethyl alcohol cost me 23 usd (including the tank).
Prices will double in 2 years without any doubt.
The plastic tank is made of reinforced polyethylene and the dealer assures it will not evaporate. If I stockpile 1,000 liters of ethyl alcohol now, I could use it when it appriciates in value enough and eliminate my energy consumption for a year or so (still have to measure this exactly though) . And you can sell the plastic tank after that because all the plastic items will only go up in value.
Looks like a good investment without any loss.
What do you guys think of this? Any point I am missing?
Will appriciate any comment.

wisconsin_cur · Moderator Joined: May 10, 2007 Posts: 3211

Why not learn to make it?

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Pretorian · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:41 am Post subject: Re: hoarding ethyl alcohol

good idea if u have a lot of storage capaity. make sure its drinkable ( make your dealer down a pint or so and come back later to check his eyesight)

kernull · Tar Sands Joined: May 14, 2008 Posts: 20

I am still analyzing to hoard sugar in order to produce alcohol myself, but in the mean time I found this alcohol stove.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywacnPUH66I...feature=related

looks like I am not the first one with this idea of using alcohol for cooking

wisconsin_cur · Moderator Joined: May 10, 2007 Posts: 3211

allenwrench · Intermediate Crude Joined: Apr 23, 2008 Posts: 893

Sounds OK except trying to get one's daily calories by drinking it. May do more harm than good to those with weaker livers.

Another use may be to dilute it by 66% to 75% with water and use it as a soap replacement to bath with by sponge bath method then wash it off. I do that with rubbing alcohol when I boondock.

allenwrench · Intermediate Crude Joined: Apr 23, 2008 Posts: 893

allenwrench · Intermediate Crude Joined: Apr 23, 2008 Posts: 893

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A 20 liters LP gas cost me today $20 usd.
A 20 liters 100% ethyl alcohol cost me 23 usd (including the tank).
Prices will double in 2 years without any doubt.
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Where does one buy ethyl alcohol and the special tanks for it?

Pretorian · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: hoarding ethyl alcohol

Really, I've been thinking over-- honey, red wine and alcohol make perfect hoarding items. You can eat it, you can drink it/sanitize water/ you can burn it, you can sell it, u name it.

nobodypanic · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 02, 2008 Posts: 598

Pretorian · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: hoarding ethyl alcohol

yes absolutely. However its not always that easy to find such a stash.. perhaps some will be looking out for fatsos in the crowd for a proper interogation.