E85, should i convert?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,159
Likes: 3
From: Florida
E85 is an excellent idea. The problem is we should not be using corn oil to produce it. There are a lot better sources for ethanol. In some countries they have been using sugar cane based ethanol for years. The cost is almost nothing and it takes very little energy to convert the sugar cane to fuel.
I say go for the E85 conversion. I may do the same some day.
I say go for the E85 conversion. I may do the same some day.
Advanced
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 99
Likes: 1
From: Iowa
With more people using e85, the cost of animal feed went up causing food prices to go up. It contributes to more green house gases from what I hear. There is really no benefit from it besides not giving OPEC our$$$$$ to fund terrorism......... Well maybe thats the best benefit of e85.
good farmers like me should be able to take corn to ethanols plants for a higher price.
ethanol FTW!
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 144
Likes: 0
From: Castle Rock Colorado
I do not have a great love for E-85, but I do like more power. I also like not buying oil from many of the people we get it from. I do not know if it is the answer but it is a step in a better direction. Brazil seems to be able to make it work. E-85 can also be made out of organic products other than corn. We also have alot, not sure how much, of land we pay farmers not to farm.
Advantages:
More Power
Less foreign oil
Renewable
Can be made out of other organic crops
Etc...
Advantages:
More Power
Less foreign oil
Renewable
Can be made out of other organic crops
Etc...
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 10,179
Likes: 2,306
From: Wesley Chapel, FL Las Vegas, NV
In Vegas E85 cost 8% less then 87.
I put a tank full in my 07 Flex Fuel Avalanche ONCE
My mileage dropped 20%
So it cost me approx. 12% more per mile the using 87.
So unless they drop the cost to around 25% less then 87 I will not run it again.
btw. No noticeable difference in performance either
I put a tank full in my 07 Flex Fuel Avalanche ONCE
My mileage dropped 20%
So it cost me approx. 12% more per mile the using 87.
So unless they drop the cost to around 25% less then 87 I will not run it again.
btw. No noticeable difference in performance either
Last edited by Vega$Vette; Jun 7, 2008 at 08:37 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,993
Likes: 25
In Vegas E85 cost 8% less then 87.
I put a tank full in my 07 Flex Fuel Avalanche ONCE
My mileage dropped 20%
So it cost me approx. 12% more per mile the using 87.
So unless they drop the cost to around 25% less then 87 I will not run it again.
btw. No noticeable difference in performance either
I put a tank full in my 07 Flex Fuel Avalanche ONCE
My mileage dropped 20%
So it cost me approx. 12% more per mile the using 87.
So unless they drop the cost to around 25% less then 87 I will not run it again.
btw. No noticeable difference in performance either
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or Algae but not corn. It makes no sense.
