"News f2s" wrote in news:dtsb4h$mrb$3
@news.freedom2surf.net:

Methyl alcohol, 2*CH3-OH + 3*O2 = 2*CO2 + 4*H2O
Ethyl alcohol, 2*C2H5-OH + 9*O2 = 4*CO2 + 12*H2O

Propane, C3H8 + 10*O2 = 3CO2 + 5*H2O

Benzene, 2C6H6 + 15*O2 = 12*CO2 + 6*H2O

On the heat equation, since alcohol is already partly oxidised,
you're likely to burn more of it to reach the same heat result.
That means yet more water.

Whether this matters is a subjective judgement . . . it obviously
offends some, and not others. Fine.



I believe a more correct term than "offends" would be "baffles".

I get light headed, myself, when anyone talks about alcohol. It's probably
just a Pavlovian response, though...(c;