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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 785911" data-attributes="member: 25159"><p>That is only true if the source crop for ethanol is corn.</p><p> </p><p>As far as ethanol having less energy/MPG than gasoline, that is also true. However, gasoline is made from oil...and we are running <strong>out</strong> of oil. Ethanol is a renewable fuel, so in theory at least we could grow a virtually infinite amount of it since its energy source is from the sun rather than fossil fuels.</p><p> </p><p>It is accurate to criticize ethanol generated from corn as being wasteful of land and water and food, but there are many other methods of making it that are far more efficient. And the technical issues surrounding ethanol storage and transport are all easily solveable if we as a nation simply made a commitment to doing so.</p><p> </p><p>An ethanol engine can actually be far more efficient than a gas engine due to the fact that ethanol has a much higher octane rating than gasoline does. The fuel itself may have less energy, but in an engine with a much higher compression ratio (impossible to use gasoline in) that energy can be used far more efficiently. There is a reason why top-fuel funny cars use alcohol rather than gasoline as a fuel.</p></blockquote><p>. </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: royalblue">Interesting...sounds like much more needs to be done if we continue to go the Ethanol route. I think we should look more into nat gas for the time being since we have so much.</span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 785911, member: 25159"] That is only true if the source crop for ethanol is corn. As far as ethanol having less energy/MPG than gasoline, that is also true. However, gasoline is made from oil...and we are running [B]out[/B] of oil. Ethanol is a renewable fuel, so in theory at least we could grow a virtually infinite amount of it since its energy source is from the sun rather than fossil fuels. It is accurate to criticize ethanol generated from corn as being wasteful of land and water and food, but there are many other methods of making it that are far more efficient. And the technical issues surrounding ethanol storage and transport are all easily solveable if we as a nation simply made a commitment to doing so. An ethanol engine can actually be far more efficient than a gas engine due to the fact that ethanol has a much higher octane rating than gasoline does. The fuel itself may have less energy, but in an engine with a much higher compression ratio (impossible to use gasoline in) that energy can be used far more efficiently. There is a reason why top-fuel funny cars use alcohol rather than gasoline as a fuel.[/QUOTE]. [COLOR=royalblue]Interesting...sounds like much more needs to be done if we continue to go the Ethanol route. I think we should look more into nat gas for the time being since we have so much.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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