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Re: OT: Ethanol conversions?
Posted by John Blas (more from John Blas) on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:36:32
In Reply to: OT: Ethanol conversions?, Brian_in_MA, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:56:26
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The use of ethanol as a replacement fuel makes no sense on an energy basis. It basically an energy sink. You use more energy to produce it then you get out. Its use as an oxygenator is reasonable but politically subsidized. If it was a good energy source, it would be in use already. Hydrogen is even worse example. All of this was hashed out in the mid-1970s. The only promising idea was hybrid cars and I see Toyota has taken the lead. Gasoline is an excellent energy source because you only lose about half the energy from oil well to gas pump.
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- OT: Ethanol conversions?, Brian_in_MA, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:56:26
- Re: OT: Ethanol conversions?, John Blas, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:36:32 <-- Viewing This Message
- The other side of ethanol (a bit long), Greg W, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:03:10
- Re: OT: Ethanol conversions?, 99 9-3 HOT, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:52:03
- Re: OT: Ethanol conversions?, Dean, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:32:00
- Brazil, Bill Homer
, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:58:13
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