You can use 100% ethanol if you put larger main jets in your carburator. Don't
know how you would accomodate with a fuel injection system.
As for the "more than a gallon of gas to produce a gallon of ethanol"
statement, the same has been said about biodiesel, but only AFAIK by one
researcher who seems fixated on discrediting alternative fuels. I haven't
seen any other studies to back his contention up.
The other issue with ethanol is how you produce it. Fermenting corn is only
one way of producing ethanol. It is also possible to begin with cellulose,
digest it by chemical or even fungal or bacterial means, and then ferment it
into ethanol. So you could produce ethanol from grass, or from the corn
stalks rather than the ears, or from sawdust, etc.
Lee
On Thursday 06 April 2006 6:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've seen comercials on TV pushing ethenol - suggesting if everyone used it
> there would not be a fuel shortage,
>
> Is that accurate? Isn't 15% the max % of ethenol that can be used on autos
> realistically?
>
> Didn't I read on this list someone say Ethenol is a negative return? i.e.,
> it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethenol?
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Loren Faeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] diesel fuel info from chevron
>
> > Two more 50-100 million gallon per year refineries were announced today,
> > in
> > the same small town. There are refineries popping up at the rate of
> > several a month. It is just that they are making ethanol or biod.
> >
> > We do need some new oil refineries.
> >
> > At 04:58 PM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
> >>You;re right - it's been close to 30 years since a new refinery came on
> >>line - 1978 IIRC....
> >>
> >>I'd like to see some new refineries with modern technology built (and
> >> some nuclear power stations) but I fear we'll let the foreigners provide
> >> our oil
> >>for the foreseeable future. I read a few years ago about the cost to
> >>build
> >>something as innocuous as a warehouse built on land in Ca. already owned
> >>by
> >>a company needed for expansion (and more jobs) - after spending over $1
> >>million in fees and studies over a 10 year period, the company gave up.
> >>Then they moved the whole operation to Idaho who welcomed them with open
> >>arms.
> >>
> >>A refinery doesn't have a chance --
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
> >>A Blood Test for your oil - www.youroil.net
> >>For Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
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> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Marshall Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:35 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [MBZ] diesel fuel info from chevron
> >>
> >> > David Brodbeck wrote:
> >> >> Christopher McCann wrote:
> >> >>> "ULSD has almost NO sulfur but better lubricity than than ANY
> >> >>> #1 diesel and than MOST #2."
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Becuase a lubricity agent is added, I assume...
> >> >
> >> > I don't believe any lubricity additive is necessary (even for use with
> >> > fuel lubricated distributor type pumps) IF they put back all they took
> >> > out when removing the sulfur (or they could modify the blend), but
> >> > that can't easily be done economically in many of the OLD facilities
> >> > that exist in the US. I don't think there has been a NEW refinery
> >> > built in the US in 25-30 years. The Europeans have been doing it for
> >> > years. Their
> >> > facilities are far more modern than ours I'm told.
> >> >
> >> > Marshall
> >> > --
> >> > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
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> >> > 190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
> >> >
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