Lets Go E-85!!!!!
Henry Ford’s Model “A” was designed to run on either alcohol or gasoline... because Gasoline wasn't readily available.
This photo, taken in April 1933, shows a Lincoln Nebraska gas station of the Earl Coryell Co. selling "Corn Alcohol Gasoline." The test marketing of ethanol blends was common in the Midwest at this time, but it did not succeed due to the market dominance of the major oil companies.
This photo, taken in April 1933, shows a Lincoln Nebraska gas station of the Earl Coryell Co. selling "Corn Alcohol Gasoline." The test marketing of ethanol blends was common in the Midwest at this time, but it did not succeed due to the market dominance of the major oil companies.
Many countries around the world have millions of vehicle running on alcohol today. The idea of using alcohol for fuel is not new but becoming more attractive to the public as our dependence on gasoline becomes increasingly more expensive.
Most gasoline cars can be converted to alternative fuels with no need for a new or replacement engine. Other benefits include total elimination of smoke. It also contributes to a quieter and smoother running engine. Besides the environmental benefits, Flexfuel combines high performance with economy, making it the best current alternative to gasoline fuels.
Best of all ... Grain alcohol (ethanol) is a renewable fuel, and it is pretty much pollution free, since the by-products of combustion are only water and CO2. Furthermore, it is economical to make, and your car will run cooler, faster, and better on ethanol. It is a home grown fuel and we don't have to import it from the Middle East.
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, EtOH) is an alcohol-based alternative fuel produced by fermenting and distilling starch crops that have been converted into simple sugars.
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is a group of chemical compounds whose molecules contain a hydroxyl group, -OH, bonded to a carbon atom. Feedstocks for this fuel include corn, barley and wheat with corn being the most commonly used. Ethanol can also be produced from "cellulosic biomass" such as trees and grasses and is called bioethanol. Ethanol is most commonly used to increase octane and improve the emissions quality of gasoline.
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 mandated the sale of oxygenated fuels in areas with unhealthy levels of carbon monoxide. Since that time, there has been strong demand for ethanol as an oxygenate blended with gasoline. In the United States each year, more than 1.5 billion gallons are added to gasoline to increase octane and improve the emissions quality of gasoline. In some areas, ethanol is blended with gasoline to form an E10 blend (10% ethanol and 90% gasoline), but it can be used in higher concentrations such as E85 or in its pure form. All automobile manufacturers that do business in the United States approve the use of certain ethanol/gasoline blends. Fuel ethanol blends are successfully used in all types of vehicles and engines that require gasoline. Approval of ethanol blends is found in the owners' manuals under references to refueling or gasoline.
To learn more visit : http://www.ethanolstill.com/ and get educated on all the positives of this and hopefully we get on this fast so we can save money at the pump. If you make you own it brakes down to 65 CENTS PER GALLON vs $3.03 per gallon!!!!!
For us it would mean $11.05 to fill up instead of $51.00!!!
2 comments:
As the price of gasoline approaches and exceeds $3 per gallon, we hear a great deal about ethanol as the answer to this problem. The facts suggest otherwise.
If all U.S. automobiles were fueled with 100 percent ethanol from corn (thus eliminating our foreign dependence on energy) about 97 percent of U.S. land would be needed to grow the corn feedstock. While it is true that feedstocks other than corn could be used, and more efficient processes might be developed, the state-of-the-art is such that the use of ethanol/gasoline blends benefits no one, other than the large agri-businesses.
Very true, I just wanted to let my readers know that we, as Americans, should do SOMETHING quickly to be more INdependent when is comes to this area!!! Technology is great but it takes time, testing, and money to develop state-of-the-art ways of transportation. This is a temp. fix not a total fix!!!
Plus I also put it here for a little history and 70+ year ago we could have started developing things and we didn't wake up then! NOW we better WAKE UP!!!!!
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