True but ethanol retains more water and ruins mileage. My 95 Buick Skylark got 4-5 more mpg on straight gas as opposed to E10.
I don't care if you don't like ethanol. It's a free country. Don't use it.
But nothing chafes my hide more than the "subsidy" argument or the "food vs. fuel" argument. Hardly a shred of truth in either of those.
And the water retainage isn't what causes lower mileage. Ethanol has a lower HHV than gasoline (30% less). So you get 30% less efficiency per gallon. So E10 should technically yield 3% less mileage, all other factors equal.
Gas has less HHV than diesel. So you're wasting money by operating a gas engine, by internet logic
I know the water isn't what causes the decrease in mileage. And "it's a free country, don't use it" argument doesn't work because in most parts of the country you are forced to use E10. I never said I liked subsidies nor do I care about the food vs. fuel argument. What I don't see is the point behind E10. It lowers mileage in most cars, especially ones that weren't designed specifically to use it. I don't see the environmental standpoint because Ethanol uses quite a bit of energy to produce and in the long run I don't see how having to run more gallons of E10 through your vehicle compared to straight gasoline to travel the same distance reduces emissions enough to justify it.
Ain't government great?
The ironic part is in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and other midwestern corn producing states, you can readily get straight gasoline.
Like I tried to imply, I can't stand the gov't forcing us to use what they want. Whether it's fuel, light bulbs, selt belts, etc.
Seriously?
The more energy we get from other sources, the less oil we have to use. The less oil we use, the less demand there is for oil. The less demand there is for oil, the lower the prices will go.
People seem to still be hoping for one magical solution (like the Hydrogen fuel cell that was supposed to save the world a decade ago), but the reality is that we will never find ONE replacement for oil. It is too cheap (for now) and too abundant (for now) to ever be replaced by one thing.
We all hate hybrids, myself included, but they are actually a good thing. Are the vehicles good in their current states? fWONk no, but they're a stepping stone to better things. Electric vehicle technology has improved leaps and bounds since the first ones, and it's still improving, whilst becoming more affordable.
We all bitch and moan about how the "greenies" are going to force us out of our trucks with the new CAFE standards and hybrids/EVs, but those technologies are actually GOOD for us that want to keep trucks around. The more cars get converted to new more efficient technologies, the more oil will be left for the "gas guzzlers".
We will run out of oil eventually, why expedite the process, when we can slow it? Why wait until we NEED alternative energy sources, when we can work on the technology now, and keep the things NEED oil to run around for longer?
Some of you really need to get over your irrational fear/hatred of anything new.
Seriously?
The more energy we get from other sources, the less oil we have to use. The less oil we use, the less demand there is for oil. The less demand there is for oil, the lower the prices will go.
People seem to still be hoping for one magical solution (like the Hydrogen fuel cell that was supposed to save the world a decade ago), but the reality is that we will never find ONE replacement for oil. It is too cheap (for now) and too abundant (for now) to ever be replaced by one thing.
We all hate hybrids, myself included, but they are actually a good thing. Are the vehicles good in their current states? fWONk no, but they're a stepping stone to better things. Electric vehicle technology has improved leaps and bounds since the first ones, and it's still improving, whilst becoming more affordable.
We all bitch and moan about how the "greenies" are going to force us out of our trucks with the new CAFE standards and hybrids/EVs, but those technologies are actually GOOD for us that want to keep trucks around. The more cars get converted to new more efficient technologies, the more oil will be left for the "gas guzzlers".
We will run out of oil eventually, why expedite the process, when we can slow it? Why wait until we NEED alternative energy sources, when we can work on the technology now, and keep the things NEED oil to run around for longer?
Some of you really need to get over your irrational fear/hatred of anything new.
Shut up, Dan, you hippie-loving, Obama voting, flip-flop wearing, left-wing nut job, hippie, hippie, queer.
