E-85 - was Re: <VV> Satellite radio [Some Corvair]

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Mark,
    If we REALLY want to get ethanol from sugar cane,  why doesn't our 
taxpayer- supported government ELIMINATE the 50+ cents per  gallon tariff on 
imported sugarcane based ethanol from Brazil????   I  strongly doubt if the 
Brazilians would use OUR money to pay for flying OUR  planes into OUR skyscrapers as 
our Saudi "friends" have done!!
    I agree with you on the economics of cellulosic  ethanol.  We just gotta 
get those enzymes working well enough to make the  conversion process 
commercial.
    I'll bet running our Corvairs on E-85 would solve a  lot of overheating 
AND pinging/detonation problems.  Reminds me that Saab  produced a prototype 
turbocharged flex-fuel engine that was designed  to run on either gasoline OR 
E-85, OR anything in between.  While  on gasoline, the turbo boost was limited 
to only about 6 psig, but the computer  allowed 14 psig of boost when the 
sensor detected that E-85 was being used,  thereby taking full advantage of the 
much higher octane rating of the  ethanol.
    Now THAT'S what I call "flexibility"!!!
    Frank Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 6/24/2007 11:57:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
airvair at richnet.net writes:

As far  as the E85 goes, if it comes from corn, you are, in the end,
wasting as  much if not more petroleum than you are saving. Plus, it has
to be 20%  cheaper than the same amount of gas before it's economical to
your pocket,  because that's about how much less milage you'll get. Then
there's the  matter of the government (can we say "taxpayer"?) subsidy.
Hummmm.... Now  if the E85 comes from sugar cane or switchgrass, THEN
you'd be  talking.....

-Mark







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