



I. AAA: Stop This E15 Nonsense



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II. EPA: We Don't Care


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Sources: AAA, The Detroit News

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RE: We sure are stupid.
By cyberguyz on 12/2/2012 6:24:50 AM , Rating: 2

You are taking the same short view as the American government. That short view being that all NEW cars should be able to handle it.

But of the millions of cars on the road, only about half of them are less than 5 years old.

True that automakers can (and should) be forced to producing new cars that can run on renewable source fuels, but you can't force the owners of the millions of cars out there that have already been designed to use it (i.e. E85 ready cars) to start using gas that would eat their engines. Allowing something like this to pass against the advice from the people that made those cars would be the American government shooting itself in the foot (and possibly see a newly re-elected American president impeached).

Also some food for thought here:

Ethanol contains less energy than Methanol. Methanol has less energy than Gasoline/Petrol. The lower the energy a fuel has, the more of it you need to burn to make the same power. Ethanol has to be burned at a much lower air fuel ratio than gas (injectors set to a richer air/fuel blend). That means you will get half the mileage out of pure ethanol (approx 8 to 1 air/fuel ratio) than you do with gasoline (around 15 to 1). Economy numbers would go down the crapper. The more ethanol you mix in with the petroleum, the worse mileage you will get from it. To burn ethanol at anywhere near the same air/fuel ratio as gasoline, you have to keep the percentage mixed in the gas at a really low percentage. Go higher than that and you have to start adjusting the engine computers richer to compensate (and blow away all those EPA fuel economy targets).

RE: We sure are stupid.
By NellyFromMA on 12/3/2012 4:55:49 PM , Rating: 2
IF people hold onto their current cars for very long, thats not very stimulating economically.

That's about the only (far fetched as it is) logic I can come up with, other than CORNMONOPOLY

RE: We sure are stupid.
By ebakke on 12/4/2012 1:34:37 AM , Rating: 2
Why can't you?

You've already shown your willingness to force one group of people into actions they otherwise wouldn't make, and that may be detrimental. Why is another group treated differently?

Or do you know what's "right" for everyone?

