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| Author: | Thropar [ Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | E85 again 1000hp |
Hey guys, good E85 power thread over at http://www.turbomustangs.com/smf/index. ... ic=47094.0 who says E85 doesn't make power! |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:45 pm ] |
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Go pick up a copy of this month's "Car and Driver" for a scientific analysis of ethanol as motor fuel in non-exotic vehicles. |
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| Author: | cavisco [ Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | E85 article |
I'm stuck at home recovering from surgery and can't go pick up the new car and driver. Can you summarize the article briefly? |
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| Author: | dakight [ Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: E85 article |
Quote: I'm stuck at home recovering from surgery and can't go pick up the new car and driver. Can you summarize the article briefly?
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11 ... mises.html
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| Author: | Thropar [ Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | E85 |
Nope, it's not the answer to our fuel problems, but it's going to create a lot of jobs for farmers. It's also a "greener" way of obtaining a cheap high octane racing fuel. |
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:32 pm ] |
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Henry Ford wanted ethanol fuel to help support farmers. He also built tractors to lessen the toil of farm life. The problem is we don't produce ethanol effeciently from corn. It just doesn't happen because of the low yiled per acre and the energy cosumed in production. The Brazilians can make ethanol much more efficiently than we can because they grow sugar cane which has a much higher yield and they have a distributed infrastructure so they don't have to transport the sugar cane and ethanol as far so the transportation losses are lower. The great Plains are great for feeding us, but not so great in meeting our energy needs. |
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| Author: | Thropar [ Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:26 am ] |
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Yeah, we should really use a different crop for it, I agree. A lot of our corn is for feedstock too, which creates more problems when you get to the end waste products from meat production (sludge/water). Anyway,....105 octane... |
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| Author: | slantvaliant [ Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:28 am ] |
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I wonder about the water usage involved in raising that much corn or sugar cane. But then, in this part of the country, we worry about water a lot. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:56 am ] |
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Quote: I wonder about the water usage involved in raising that much corn or sugar cane. But then, in this part of the country, we worry about water a lot.
That is a major concern in our area now. There are many ethanol plants planned to be built that will draw water off of the aquafier that all the cities and towns in the area get their water from. Nobody involved with the plants will answer what it will do to the water supply.Ethanol will do nothing for corn prices. Production is so high now that the government has been supporting prices for years. |
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| Author: | DusterIdiot [ Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | The great plains problem... |
One thing that was noted in my Geology Classes a decade back, was the problem of water, and the great plains water table...they noted then that the consumption level was high enough that salt content is starting to be noticed in the ground water which means corn production will not be supported soon enough by farms drawing on wells and have to give way to wheat fields to tolerate the change in water mineral content. Beer in the gas tank anyone? -D.Idiot |
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| Author: | slantvaliant [ Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:01 am ] |
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Quote: ... that salt content is starting to be noticed in the ground water ...
Yeah, our water is already kind of crunchy.
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