got curious with the other post
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Rubbing alcohol is usually isopropyl alcohol – typically manufactured in a chemical plant from petrochemicals (oil).
Unlike ethanol, it’s not a common fermentation product so you’d have a hard time designing an “organic” supply for it. Plant oils can theoretically be worked to produce the precursor chemicals, but that would require multiple industrial chemical steps. I imagine sulfuric acid cracking defeats the purpose of “organic” supply chains.
You could probably genetically engineer or selectively breed a bacteria to produce it through a modified fermentation pathway.
All alcohol is organic. Most alcohol is made by distillation of carbohydrates from grains or potatoes. If you are thinking about “organic” as in “no pesticides”, well yes, use organic feedstock for yeast and there you go.
organic?
alcohol by definition is an organic compound in all of its forms since its generally a by product of fermentation.
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