In a message dated 11/4/02 9:44:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, LRZeitlin@aol.com writes: > Alcohol stoves are the devil's invention. Alcohol burns with a weak flame > and > gives an opressive smell in closed quarters. It takes twice as long to boil > a > pot of water as with a propane or butane stove. Alcohol pressure stoves > require sleight of hand to get the burners to ignite. The fuel is also hard > > to obtain in many locations. The only virtue of alcohol as a fuel is that > accidental alcohol fires can be extinguished with water - that is its > raison > d'etre for marine useage Larry-- You can die from starvation waiting for your food to cook on alcohol or risk explosion from gas--I'll choose the latter fuel and take the chance of making a crispy,well-fed corpse rather than endure the slow, lingering death of food deprivation. Best--Michael Oritt Durbeck 48--NAMASTE