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Default How come you can't refine your own gasoline?

On Jan 29, 3:39*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

But I'd think it would be neat to make your own gasoline for your
boat, and even road use UP TO a certain limit, though.


It's an interesting idea but I think you'll find that the complexities
and costs will make it impractical. * The big refineries spend a lot
of money on safety and process control but they get to spread the
investment over huge quantities. *It would make a great magazine
article for one of the DIY publications however.


concerning the small quanity refining, your probably right Wayne, ,
but it would be neat to see something published in Popular Mechanics/
Science, or even Mother Earth News...

Then have a coundown on the DIYr's who blew themselves up or caught
half their town on fire while blowing themselves up....