E15 gasoline incoming...
Leaving this link here. I am not aiming to be political with this, but just a heads up... more booze in our dino juice is headed our way.
Forum Discussion
wa8yxm wrote:
ok i will say this again. Alcohol does not have the "Punch" of gasoline that is less energy is contained in a gallon of ETOH than Gasoline.
So you do loose MPG and thus E-10 does not result in a 10% savings. it might result in SOME savings but clearly not 10%.
Then you have the cost of producing the ETOH. (Alcohol) this includes the fertilizer for the farmer's field. (Petrolum based in many cases) the fuel for his tractor to plough plant clutivate and harvest, fuel for the trucks that haul the corn to the still. fuel for the still and more.. The result. per several studies is an INCREASE in oil consumption.
All we are doing is "Spreading it around" from the city to the country. but we are still burning it, and burning more of it.
That said. I'd rather see the booze in the tank than the driver
You are absolutely correct, but since we are not allowed to discuss the real reason for the existence of ethanol here, lets just say the whole swampy thing is a scam.
