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Last night some of us ran burn tests with Biodiesel on fire toys with good results. Biodiesel is a *NON TOXIC* liquid derived from vegetable oil and costs roughly the same as gasoline. There is a pump station in San Francisco that can be accessed with a card that the nice people at biodiesel@cytoculture.com can set you up with. For *large* quantities I can put anyone who is interested in touch with the distributor.Test results:Pros:1. Cheap. 2. Burns more than twice as long as white gas. 3. Smells vaguely like french fries when burning. 4. Non-toxic in fuel form (shake out on ground with a clean conscience -- animals can actually derive nutrition from this stuff). 5. Extremely low vapor pressure, so very safe - essentially zero danger of accidental ignition, and essentially no chance of lighting yourself on fire via fuel transfer to skin/clothing.Cons:1. *Very* difficult to light on cold wicking, merely difficult to light on hot wicks (but burns very well once going). 2. Smoky. 3. Not as bright as white gas. 4. Unworkable for "ring of fire"/"highway to hell", etc.Comments:1. As yet untested for fire-breathing, but if it will work it's the holy grail of the art (utterly non-toxic, no blow-back risk, not intoxicating) 2. All cons can be minimized or eliminated by mixing with other fuels (e.g. a 50/50 biodiesel/white gas mix makes an easy-to-light, big, bright, astonishingly long burning flame that still smells like french fries and smokes less than pure bio) with an offsetting toxicity compromise.Some dancer *loved* the stuff, others seem to be white gas purists. Try it for yourself.
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