On 11/15/2010 02:47 PM, jim wrote:
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> jim beam wrote:
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>> whose words are these?
>>
>> "e85 is cheeper to run."
>>
>> so, show your math!
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>
> Math doesn't have anything to do with it. Nor does brain-dead belief in
> thermodynamics.
>
> Some engines do get better mileage with ethanol blends even though there
> is less heat energy contained in ethanol blends than there is in
> straight gasoline.

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> The main problem is the EPA refuses to use ethanol blended fuel in the
> government fuel economy tests. Since 90% of the gasoline sold in the US
> now contains ethanol eventually the EPA will have to succumb to reality
> and start using ethanol blended gasoline in their fuel economy tests.

if they did, then there would be hard facts right in front of voters to
say by how much they're getting ripped off with this ethanol rort.
voters punish politicians when they realize they've been ripped, so
that's why it hasn't happened.


> When that happens all new cars will be designed to get better mileage on
> ethanol blends. This is because it is not hard to design engines to get
> better fuel economy with ethanol blended fuel.

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> The only reason car
> manufacturers do not design their engines to perform better with ethanol
> is because there is no financial incentive to do so.

for some people, smoking enough weed does indeed apparently change their
laws of nature.


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