2oldman wrote:
Turtle n Peeps wrote:
many years ago on this very forum people were saying we should go to alcohol as a fuel. I said it was a bad idea and it will never "be practicable". It wasn't; but I was still shouted down by people that just didn't understand the problems of using alcohol as a motor fuel. Then people jumped on the algae diesel fuel gig. We were going to get our fuel from algae. I showed the math that showed why that wouldn't work. Again I was shouted down.
As far as I recall car makers weren't retooling or adapting for those fuels. They sure are for EVs.
I guess you have never
heard of E85 fuels then. The car makers had to retool the whole fuel system to run E85. That whole fiasco cost US consumers thousands/vehicle.
As far as the algae deal; there is nothing to retool. You run it just like #2 diesel fuel. It was not cost effective just like I said 15+ yeas ago.
The reason people use very little E85 is because it isn't practical. When people learned it dropped their mileage about 25 to 30% people dropped that idea like a hot potato.
When people learned that Bio-diesel was harming their 20K+ diesel engines they dropped that like a hot potato too. Every single Bio-diesel plant that was in my area is now out of business. Every one.
Remember this infamous plant in Tx that a famous stoner use to own? I do.
BioWillie up in smoke.
