and how it sucks as an alternative fuel.
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post it here when your done..just something to read..
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ethanol does not suck for performance builds.
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i want to read it too.
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not for performance, i know ethanol is great for performance applications, like the indy 500 using E100, but for an alternative fuel, it's not so great
speaking of the indy500, anyone read the article about them and the Brazilian ethanol deal?Last edited by npor; 01-12-2009, 10:55 PM.
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x23462378462387468234Originally posted by d112crzy View Post
Who can complain about a more oxygenated fuel??
And ethanol does NOT 'suck' as an alternative fuel.
If you built the engines to support Ethanol, it would be much more viable.
since the Octane rating of your typical e85 is somewhere in the 120's range, high compression engines would be able to run on the fuel much more efficiently.
The higher the compression, the less fuel an engine needs to make power.
Producing ethanol is the challenge.
Pure ethanol will never be as accessible as gasoline, but an ethanol blend higher than 10% is definitely in our future.Last edited by verothacamaro; 01-12-2009, 11:43 PM.14 Ford Focus ST - stock(ish) - E30 Tune + Green Filter =
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One thing about the ethanol sector, … it never stops pushing for more, more, more.
Like right now, the industry is pushing EPA to sign off on higher blends of ethanol into gasoline. Currently the cap is 10 percent.
Why do they want higher blends approved? Simple. Ethanol is more expensive than gasoline right now.
According to the America Coalition for Ethanol, for December 3, 2008, the average rack price – or wholesale price – of ethanol in Nebraska is $1.81 per gallon. In South Dakota it is $1.80. That is equal to the national average RETAIL price of gasoline released by the US Department of Energy on December 1, 2008.
On the futures markets, … ethanol opened trading today at $1.53/gal, while RBOB Gasoline, the reformulated gasoline with which ethanol is mixed, opened trading today at $1.01/gal.
Unless they get higher blends mandated, … gas prices will remain low.Comment
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