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      • the Front Matter
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      • Section 1 - Understanding Alcohol
        • Ch 01 - A History of Alcohol
        • Ch 02 - Busting the Myths
        • Ch 03 - The Permaculture Solution to Fossil Fuel Dependency
        • Ch 04 - Darker Visions of Our Energy Future
        • Ch 05 - Brazil
      • Section 2 - Making Alcohol
        • Ch 06 - Selecting Feedstocks
        • Ch 07 - Feedstock Preparation and Fermentation
        • Ch 08 - Information on Various Feedstocks
        • Ch 09 - Distillation
        • Ch 10 - Designing Your Fuel/Feed Plant
      • Section 3 - Co-Products from Making Alcohol
        • Ch 11 - Alcohol Fuel Is Only the Beginning: Turning Waste into Profit
        • Ch 12 - Micro-Distillery Model Farm
      • Section 4 - Using Alcohol as Fuel
        • Ch 13 - Surprise! Ethanol Is the Perfect Fuel
        • Ch 14 - Alcohol Versus Gasoline in Your Engine
        • Ch 15 - Carburetion
        • Ch 16 - Fuel Injection
        • Ch 17 - Cold-Start Systems
        • Ch 18 - Ignition Timing
        • Ch 19 - Assorted Adjustments
        • Ch 20 - Converting to High Compression
        • Ch 21 - Smaller Engines
        • Ch 22 - Flexible-Fuel and Dual-Fuel Systems
        • Ch 23 - Methanol and Butanol
        • Ch 24 - Cogeneration and Other Systems to Provide Energy from Alcohol
        • Ch 25 - How Diesel Engines Can Run on Alcohol
      • Section 5 - The Business of Alcohol
        • Ch 26 - Economic and Legal Considerations
        • Ch 27 - Practical Experiences with Alcohol Production
      • Section 6 - A Vision for the Nation
        • Ch 28 - Fueling a Revolution
        • Ch 29 - Community-Supported Energy (CSE)
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