What will happen if E85 gets popular ?
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We have new Ethanol plants being built all over the state. And the taxpayers of NE. are paying for this of course.
That tells me the future of E85 as a mainstream fuel is set for failure......
That tells me the future of E85 as a mainstream fuel is set for failure......
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Hmm...Well, according to Al Gore and Ed Begley Jr., the electric car was killed by the Big Three auto makers.
And to some extent, I kind of believe that...I mean, look at the ugly EV1 that GM put out. 100 mi. round trip capability, provided it was driven conservatively, before it needed a recharge, which could only be done at certain power recharging facilities, because you needed a special type of plug to recharge it. AND, that recharge took 12 hours! Hmm...Effective? Nope. And besides, who would want to get caught driving something that looked as hideous as that thing did?
As for E85, it's just as bad as the electric charging stations. California, supposedly one of the BIGGEST proponents of E85 flex fuels, only has *4* E85 filling stations in the ENTIRE state. One in San Diego, one in Berkeley at the Berkeley National Lab, one in Livermore at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and one in Lompoc, on Vandenberg AFB.
So, of those *4* stations in California, how much do you you want to bet that only ONE of them sells gas publicly?
E85 isn't gonna make it, I can tell you that. It's going to crash and burn a horrible death in the VERY near future.
And to some extent, I kind of believe that...I mean, look at the ugly EV1 that GM put out. 100 mi. round trip capability, provided it was driven conservatively, before it needed a recharge, which could only be done at certain power recharging facilities, because you needed a special type of plug to recharge it. AND, that recharge took 12 hours! Hmm...Effective? Nope. And besides, who would want to get caught driving something that looked as hideous as that thing did?
As for E85, it's just as bad as the electric charging stations. California, supposedly one of the BIGGEST proponents of E85 flex fuels, only has *4* E85 filling stations in the ENTIRE state. One in San Diego, one in Berkeley at the Berkeley National Lab, one in Livermore at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and one in Lompoc, on Vandenberg AFB.
So, of those *4* stations in California, how much do you you want to bet that only ONE of them sells gas publicly?
E85 isn't gonna make it, I can tell you that. It's going to crash and burn a horrible death in the VERY near future.
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Why not revisit the turbine car of the 60's?
http://www.barracudamagazine.com/turbine.html
http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1963/...hure/index.htm
http://www.barracudamagazine.com/turbine.html
http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1963/...hure/index.htm
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### P.S. ... Panda Ethanol, Inc. announced it plans to build a 100 million gallon-per-year ethanol plant in Texas. The plant will refine 38 million bushels of corn every year, and the fuel will displace roughly 2.6 million barrels of imported oil every year. ###
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