Alternatives to Cetyl Alcohol as a Detangling Ingredient?

any sort of alcohol will dry your hair out, im not sure about buildup though..alcohols are usually light so they might wash out, but anything petroleum based is NOT good or the environment, its oil that is processed just like oil for our car, but there are 'green' hair products our there that work very well, google it, but the best detangler i have used was just a little bit of a heavy, really thick conditioner and dilute it with water and put in a spray bottle..or olive oil, but use super sparingly because it will make you hair look oily and a little bit goes a LONG way too