Re: GAS WAR - an idea that will work

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Screw it then...let's drink it all up before they add the gasoline to it! :)

Jim Rojas





Mark Leuck wrote:
> "Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4643a927$0$1430$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Tampa is constructing an ethanol plant in response to high prices. My
>> Dodge Ram 1500 should run fine on E85, or a similar blend.
>>
>> Jim Rojas
>
> Problem is the alcohol in E85 has about half the energy of gasoline, the
> product is artificially low priced because it's heavily government
> subsidized AND there are issues with requiring using as much energy (oil) to
> create the alcohol in the first place. It's far harder to make alcohol from
> corn than sugar beats like Brazil.
>
> Also there aren't enough cornfields to really ramp up serious production and
> you start displacing food stock
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