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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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Corn farmers!
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I ran it in my Suburban, you get less miles per gallon, with slight lower orginal costs, less power, less gas mileage.

However your money goes to a corn farmer, vs. an Oil Sheik !
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 07:10 PM
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its a lose-lose, now since we are using more corn for the ethanol the cost of buying corn to buy i think has even gone up cause the demand has gone up.
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I enjoy a little ethanol at the end of the day.........Oh, you mean burning it as fuel? NEVER!!!!!!!! That's alcohol abuse in my book!!!


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NOPE !!! As mentioned - less power, less gas mileage

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ON I HATE THE STUFF This stuff killed my fuel injection on my 88 bronco
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Ethanol? No, I prefer gin.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 07:34 AM
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Ethanol? No, I prefer gin.
Gin is about 40% ethanol.
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Originally Posted by scottyp99
I enjoy a little ethanol at the end of the day.........Oh, you mean burning it as fuel? NEVER!!!!!!!! That's alcohol abuse in my book!!!


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unless your drag racing.
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Originally Posted by marks76ray
ON I HATE THE STUFF This stuff killed my fuel injection on my 88 bronco
Are you sure it didn't die from natural causes?

Gas is for cooking, alcohol is for drinking, NITROMETHANE is for RACING!
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I like bacon. When the cost of corn goes up due to increased demand for corn due to ethanol production. The more it cost to feed hogs and other animals which of course means the more my bacon costs. And all this for a product that they mandate at a rate of 10% in my gas, plus or minus. And of course your gas mileage does not remain the same when using this foul product. It's also a product that infiltrates into our groundwater. But it really makes me mad because I like bacon.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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Turbo cars using E85 can produce much more horsepower than running on 91 or 93.
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Not to mention the tremendous amount of water it takes to make one gallon on ethenol----and potable water is going to be a precious commodity in our kids lifetime

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Originally Posted by 1970 Dave
Not to mention the tremendous amount of water it takes to make one gallon on ethenol----and potable water is going to be a precious commodity in our kids lifetime

Semper Fi--1970 Dave
There are definitely ways to recover the water used in the manufacture of ethanol, but none of them are going to make the ethanol any cheaper, that's for sure.


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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Gin is about 40% ethanol.
I like Beefeater gin, it's 94 proof (47% ethanol). Everclear is 190 proof!!!! (95% ethanol)

Just to make sure everybody is on the same sheet of music, ethanol is a type of alcohol, like methanol, or isopropanol.


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Originally Posted by scottyp99
Just to make sure everybody is on the same sheet of music, ethanol is a type of alcohol, like methanol, or isopropanol.


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Ya, but what about bacon?
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Ya, but what about bacon?
Regular bacon, or Canadian bacon, (which we know as "ham")? They both come from hogs, so I guess it doesn't make any difference, but I couldn't resist the dig!!!

I can understand the concern about bacon. Bacon is very, very important. It is nature's perfect food. Think about it, is there anything that wouldn't be better with some bacon on it? I'm serious, try this: take two pieces of toast, spread peanut butter on one, add a few slices of nice, crisp bacon, put the other piece of toast on to make a sandwich. Take a bite. You will think you died and went to heaven!!!! It's like there's a party in your mouth, and everyone's invited!!!


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Even this post is better with bacon:

http://bacolicio.us/http://forums.co...post1578664501
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Even this post is better with bacon:

http://bacolicio.us/http://forums.co...post1578664501
OMG!!!! I can't stop laughing!!!!! That is awesome, how did you do it?


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