"John Cairns" wrote in message
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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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We have the ability to start using E85 right NOW, if we can get it into
Service Station's Pumps. If we start selling it, the profit boys sure as
hell will start making it.

Max, do you understand what I'm saying? I want Ethanol,if it will make
us fuel independent!! Is that clear enough for your BIAS (?) MIND?

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Problem is, and you can look this up, is that it takes MORE than 1 gallon
of fossil fuels to produce 1 gallon of ethanol. The "profit boys" are
currently being subsidized heavily by the federal government to produce
ethanol. There is no "magic bullet", regardless of what the folks at BP
say.

Really old info, John (2003). The ethanol for automotive fuel use will be
produced from a variety of prairie grass, not corn. The cost of producing
one gallon of ethanol is substantially less than if corn were used. In
fact, it is widely regarded that if gasoline at the pumps exceeds $2.70,
then E85 can become a reality with no cost penalty. Since we've already
passed that figure, it's a slam dunk.

Max