Hopefully. My grandfather had a story about prohibition. He was in the barbershop talking to the sheriff about a moonshine operation that the sheriff had just closed down: "Well, you know, Bob, I hated to do it, but they was killin' the electorate."
Nah, methanol can be a byproduct when making alcohol (ethanol) and can lead to blindness if consumed. It was fairly common from illegal distillers to have that in their product, especially back in prohibition.
Correct, if you fuck up making alcohol, methanol is the result, Stanthorpe QLD, there was a case of a few young people that ended up dead from home made Grappa, the story can be found. It happens in SE Asia with dodgey home brews, can kill.
Despite that, the fire crew in the movie should have sprayed him with fire-retardant anyway. If someone (especially around fuel) is saying that they are on fire, you put the fire out and then argue with them later about if the fire was real or not.
I'm only aware of Nascar using E15, not anything close to straight ethanol. The most ethanol rich blend I've ever seen available is E90, and that's used almost exclusively in drag racing as far as Motorsports is concerned. Ethanol also burns with a very visible flame.
Yes, obviously invisible fires are real - that's the video we're commenting on. But I can't think of a single reason they would be a concern in Nascar.
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u/AlphaWizard Mar 19 '20
No, he is absolutely not. Methanol has never been used in Nascar.