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Date: 28 Mar 2006 12:51:12 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: Ethanol ?
On 27 Mar 2006 17:29:43 -0800, Dima <dimanospamystems.com> wrote: > Hello, > > What is your guys' opinion of the engine development at Saab (GM) that > runs on ethanol-based gasoline? Please, keep all GM-bashing to other > threads; here I am just curious to see the technical merits/demerits > that people are aware of. Well, it's a hydrocarbon. It burns well, and cleanly. And I'd rather pay someone in this country to grow corn, than pay someone elsewhere; some of the folks we buy oil from are downright unfriendly if you think about it. > I have not been able to locate a single gas station here in Portland, > OR, that carries ethanol-based gas (E85). Yeah, I went through that song&dance about 6 months ago in Milwaukee, nothing here either. The co-ops in rural areas are probably the best bet, but the one here is just building the equipment and won't be online until harvest time this year they hope. It's promising. It can use our existing infrastructure and is an actual fuel, as opposed to hydrogen which has to be made and is effectively just a chemical battery, and doesn't work in existing infrastructure. Biodiesel is another promising technology - I'd rather see biodiesel and ethanol, than hydrogen. Dave Hinz
