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Emissions are lower, but not merely CO2 and water. Most ethanol comes from corn, which requires more energy to harvest and refine than is contained in the final product. In other words, every gallon of ethanol requires more than a gallon of petroleum to make. It has higher octane than gasoline, but lower energy per volume, so fuel economy is worse. (This is true for any higher octane fuel). I am unaware of any large scale method of producing ethanol from garbage, but that would be good if it was efficient and the supply was large enough. I very much doubt the latter.
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Posts in this Thread:
- ffv 85%ethanol, jhutton, Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:35:49
- Re: ffv 85%ethanol, AK Colin, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:12:12
- Re: ffv 85%ethanol, TML
, Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:42:02- Re: ffv 85%ethanol, winddance, Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:09:21
- On a related note, Abusot, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:55:06
- Re: On a related note, TML
, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:01:51 <-- Viewing This Message- Re: On a related note, Whittaker, Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:33:58
- Why do you need petroleum to make ethanol?, NYSaab, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:18:29
- Re: Why do you need petroleum to make ethanol?, TML
, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:50:18- Re: Why do you need petroleum to make ethanol?, Bill U, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:11:16
- Re: Why do you need petroleum to make ethanol?, TML
, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:36:14- You Guys are off the question, jhutton, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:33:11
- Indeed, AK Colin, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:41:24
- sorry, TML
, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:12:34- Re: sorry, Whittaker, Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:43:55
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