Ethanol
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From: murphy nc
Having a friend in the bulk fuel tank installation business, I can tell you with out a doubt that I avoid ethanol like the plague. He stays busy going from station to station pumping tanks. The main problem is called phase seperation. You never know when you will be the unlucky customer that gets the bad fuel.
http://www.enertechlabs.com/fuel_pha...in_ethanol.php
http://www.enertechlabs.com/fuel_pha...in_ethanol.php
A few fun facts
It takes 15-30% more so yes it gets worse Milage
It's 100 octane so it makes more power around 10% more.
It absorbs water slowly I've let it sit out for 6 months no problem.
It runs up to 20 degrees cooler.
The corn is feedstock not human food.
I'm not a tree hugger I just like it cause it is some great cheap race fuel.
I've tested it myself first hand experience it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is.
It takes 15-30% more so yes it gets worse Milage
It's 100 octane so it makes more power around 10% more.
It absorbs water slowly I've let it sit out for 6 months no problem.
It runs up to 20 degrees cooler.
The corn is feedstock not human food.
I'm not a tree hugger I just like it cause it is some great cheap race fuel.
I've tested it myself first hand experience it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is.
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,909
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From: Livingston, Texas
A few fun facts
It takes 15-30% more so yes it gets worse Milage
It's 100 octane so it makes more power around 10% more.
It absorbs water slowly I've let it sit out for 6 months no problem.
It runs up to 20 degrees cooler.
The corn is feedstock not human food.
I'm not a tree hugger I just like it cause it is some great cheap race fuel.
I've tested it myself first hand experience it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is.
It takes 15-30% more so yes it gets worse Milage
It's 100 octane so it makes more power around 10% more.
It absorbs water slowly I've let it sit out for 6 months no problem.
It runs up to 20 degrees cooler.
The corn is feedstock not human food.
I'm not a tree hugger I just like it cause it is some great cheap race fuel.
I've tested it myself first hand experience it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is.
And if you have a open system like a boat, and the wind blows it collects a lot more water than you realize.
Race fuel is a lot different than the Ethanol we use. And its a different color.
The race fuel I used to use had Lead in it.
I would like to see it gone.
Drill more oil and build more refineries in the U.S.
There is pleny of oil out there.
More than you could ever realize.
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A few fun facts
It takes 15-30% more so yes it gets worse Milage
It's 100 octane so it makes more power around 10% more.
It absorbs water slowly I've let it sit out for 6 months no problem.
It runs up to 20 degrees cooler.
The corn is feedstock not human food.
I'm not a tree hugger I just like it cause it is some great cheap race fuel.
I've tested it myself first hand experience it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is.
It takes 15-30% more so yes it gets worse Milage
It's 100 octane so it makes more power around 10% more.
It absorbs water slowly I've let it sit out for 6 months no problem.
It runs up to 20 degrees cooler.
The corn is feedstock not human food.
I'm not a tree hugger I just like it cause it is some great cheap race fuel.
I've tested it myself first hand experience it's not as bad as everybody thinks it is.
Would anyone given the choice of both at one pump choose to use the ethanol????? I certainly wouldn't. Even in my truck it's anywhere from a 2-5 mpg difference between the two. When you put 20k + miles on each vehicle a year that is a huge difference.
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,909
Likes: 6
From: Livingston, Texas
Think of it like this too.
Our goverment is mandating that vehicles git better fuel milage.
So the tree huggers git a reformulated fuel bill passes, which has Ethanol and gits less fuel milage. How did that help us.
WE now have fuel that gives us less while we pay more.
Stupid thing to do and we are being brain washed about it.
Our goverment is mandating that vehicles git better fuel milage.
So the tree huggers git a reformulated fuel bill passes, which has Ethanol and gits less fuel milage. How did that help us.
WE now have fuel that gives us less while we pay more.
Stupid thing to do and we are being brain washed about it.
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From: Central IL
And to add to the rest of the con arguments........... I read study a few years back that determined it took 1.3 gallons of petroleum to manufacture 1 gallon of ethanol. It accounted for things in the production such as the fuel the farmers burns preparing the fields, planting, harvesting, and getting the crop to market. The petroleum used to make the herbicides, the plastic jugs for the herbicide, the plastic parts and rubber tires on the farm equipment, and a myriad of other things.
Renewable fuel??? I think not!
Renewable fuel??? I think not!
