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Both of them will work. I'm going with ethanol because you can go to any hardware store in America and buy a can of "denatured alcohol," which is ethanol mixed with something to make it undrinkable (usually methanol, but they can use a lot of things, like Bitrex or gasoline). Butanol is harder to get.

Additionally, it is likely that butanol will not burn clean. The extra carbon bonds require more oxygen to fully combust. You will probably end up with a lot of soot on your kettle and in your backpack, not to mention a nice chemical smell at your campsite.

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