Washington: Don't distill ethanol at home

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=efe9318b9fc41192

The U.S. government is warning against motorists distilling ethanol fuel at home to cut their gas bill.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau posted to its Web site a warning that special permits are needed by people planning to distill their own ethanol for use as a fuel.

In recent days, we have seen several news items on people distilling ethanol at home to supplement their gasoline needs, the notice said. Unfortunately, some of the reports do not inform the public that it is illegal to distill alcohol without first obtaining a federal permit through the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
more...

You dirty little Ethanol distillers... Bush is gonna getcha!!! Hiccup!!!:toast:

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. If gas exceeds $3.00 a gallon, it would be a crime to stop the

garage refineries.

[karlrschneider]

2. Shit. So I gotta fill my tank with Stoly?

:D

[KansDem]

24. Can I breath the exhaust?

Who knows what chemical reactions take place when Stoly meets sparkplugs. Might be...illuminating!

[seemunkee]

3. As if that is what I would do if I built a still

[tridim]

6. You could sell litres of your distilled hooch for $10.00 each..

and buy gas with the profits. :)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. Yeah, now there's a suprise.

Go figure.

[coffeenap]

5. Looks like that map of Capone hideouts will come in handy! nt

[mark11727]

7. MOONSHINE....

WONDER FUEL OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM!

[lovuian]

8. Be Afraid Shell Exxon Chevron Be very afraid!!! Who needs ya

when we got booze!!!

get that bottle of vodka for your car...

Just think of it total freedom from the oil companies AMEN!!!

[no_hypocrisy]

15. Dem revenuers gonna getchya!!! n/t

[Trillo]

9. So who's complaining about citizens being scientifically illiterate?

Only approved, permitted scientists from accredited institutions may ever practice anything resembling science. Everyone else is a criminal.

Wanna take bets on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau deciding to practice upstream distribution disruption, such as raising the price of sugar and reducing quantities allowed for purchase? Perhaps only 1 TBS of sugar allowed per citizen per day, and require merchants selling sugar to require a photo ID. Better find a contractor to develop a database of sugar buyers.

Better make growing corn illegal, government scientists declare only methanol is cost effective as a fuel!

Readers are advised of some sarcastic content above.

[hedgehog]

25. When I lived in Southern Ohio c 1980, they used to take your

name and address if you bought more than 25# of sugar at a time!

Now I guess it's sudaphed!

[damntexdem]

10. Hey, I bet their ethanol-distilling prohibition will work really well --

just like Prohibition did. ;-)

[madrchsod]

11. well if something goes wrong it usually ends up bad

like house burning down, dead family members, and the neighbors house. but i`ve got over two gallons of cooking oil...

[cmdrzog]

12. its always about control; and the protection of corporate

revenue streams. The alternate energy proposals; hydrogen or nuclear, are corporate, and if the method can be implemented on an individual or cooperative effort it is either regulated as is ethanol or prohibited by code as are stand alone wood heat sources in many locals.

[lovuian]

13. I wonder who gets the federal permits???

Republicans!!!

[MercutioATC]

14. But special agent....I was just trying to help with our energy crisis...

:)

I need a still.

[lovuian]

21. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Well heck, at least when your car breaks down

you won't have to go thirsty.

[rodeodance]

17. what next-!! let's go arrest these folks!!

[rodeodance]

18. says-"must obtain an Alcohol Fuel Plant permit,"

It warned that distilling alcohol without a federal permit is a criminal offense.

People who intend to produce, process, store, use or distribute distilled spirits exclusively for fuel use must obtain an Alcohol Fuel Plant permit, TTB said.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. A whole new set of evil-doers and terrrrists for Chimpco to hunt down

and smoke out. That 50 gallon drum of molasses in my garage is for pancakes, not for distilling and other evil-doer activities. I love mountains of pancakes.

[American Tragedy]

20. Um, why?

[kestrel91316]

22. Gee, ATTTB, thanks for the IDEA. I wouldn't have thought of it

until you went and opened your big mouths.............

[kestrel91316]

23. Damn. I was thinking of what I could do with all the excess figs on my

HUGE Kadota fig tree that I can't eat due to, well, the laxative effect. Normally they just drop on the lawn and ferment and then turn to vinegar, but if I picked them and let them ferment under controlled circumstances and then set up an ILLEGAL STILL I could have home-grown and home made fuel for my car. It's seriously tempting especially because I get noticeably better mileage in the warmer months when the gas stations are selling the summer blend (with ethanol added). I could add my own in the winter when my mileage normally goes to hell.

I guess that's a real crime.

[Odin2005]

26. The Corporatists don't like compitition.

The corporation's only function is to maximize shareholder profits, everything elese be damned. The market forces corporations to give a damn about the consumer, so they would rather do away with a free market and create a cartel in order to make a monopoly. Big Oil wants to be able to transition to alternative fuels without compitition.

[AnneD]

27. It's the Roaring 20's all over again...

except this time we aren't drinking the bathtub gin. At last, my mis spent youthful studies in Organic Chem will pay off. I got your distillate right here!

[yurbud]

28. this is great--shows they are worried shitless that people are going to

turn to alternatives.