Re: [Paddlewise] Lightweight backpacking stoves (was: Introduction)

I have always been concerned about the byproducts of combustion of unleaded
fuel in stoves.  While they no longer contain lead, they do contain a long
list of additives to improve combustion, clean deposits, increase octane,
improve fuel stability, etc, etc. Some of the clean burn chemicals are so
persistent they are showing up in ground water.  This is a product designed
to bun under different conditions than found in a stove, and also designed
for a system with a catalytic converter to clean up the byproducts of
combustion before they are emitted.

If anyone has a reference as to the safety of unleaded fuels in stoves I
would appreciate the source.

>
> If that were so, we wouldn't be having this thread though ;-)
> And we'd likely all be using stoves that burned unleaded gasoline.
> While it can be argued that food grade alcohol can be had nearly in as
> many outlets, it's in a whole different price league, when you're going
> to burn it for fuel.

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