American DIY enthusiasts are already biodieseling or producing alcohol fuels, all 100 of them.
Biodiesel - yes, a lot, but you have to seed fields of plants to get necessary oil. Methanol - yes, you could make it from nearly any organic waste, but it is hard to convert methanol into hydrocarbons mix and as a direct fuel it is twice worse in MPG than gasoline and highly corrosive. Ethanol - all mentions I found - in US people buy it for their experiments, not make. From the side of independece it is senseless.
Of course you could run your car nearly on anything that burn, even directly on wood gas, but speaking about free energy I pay more attention on independence, not on the possibility.
Most DIYers I've seen don't zeolite, they just adjust the fuel/air mix, and change any older hoses that aren't ethanol safe.
Burning alcohol is less effective than burning carbonhydrates mix. You already have that pesky oxygen atom in alcohol, it is already partially oxidized (say burned), so you have to burn more to get same energy output.
American DIY enthusiasts are already biodieseling or producing alcohol fuels, all 100 of them.
I'm replying to "I don't understand why americans don't..." you need the normies to so things for it to make any difference.
Most DIYers I've seen don't zeolite, they just adjust the fuel/air mix, and change any older hoses that aren't ethanol safe.
I'm sure you're 100% correct when it comes to enthusiasts and powerusers, but most people aren't at the top.
Biodiesel - yes, a lot, but you have to seed fields of plants to get necessary oil. Methanol - yes, you could make it from nearly any organic waste, but it is hard to convert methanol into hydrocarbons mix and as a direct fuel it is twice worse in MPG than gasoline and highly corrosive. Ethanol - all mentions I found - in US people buy it for their experiments, not make. From the side of independece it is senseless.
Of course you could run your car nearly on anything that burn, even directly on wood gas, but speaking about free energy I pay more attention on independence, not on the possibility.
Burning alcohol is less effective than burning carbonhydrates mix. You already have that pesky oxygen atom in alcohol, it is already partially oxidized (say burned), so you have to burn more to get same energy output.