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Agriculture secretary wants more ethanol in gas
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| 3/9/2009
| AP via pMSNBC
Posted on 03/11/2009 12:45:49 PM PDT by AT7Saluki
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To: NVDave
MTBE also turned out to be a serious water pollutant. When used in outboard engines, it left a film of MTBE in the water. It's nearly impossible to remove. I've showered in MTBE contaminated water while on a business trip in Denver. It makes a hot, steamy shower smell like turpentine. Yuck.
Summer is coming. The ethanol will be pulled soon.
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03/11/2009 10:07:48 PM PDT
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Myrddin
To: NVDave
Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Montana typically sell 85/87/89. I have to seek out a Sinclair station to get better octane levels. The top end is 93 at Sinclair. My 914 requires 92. The high compression engine in my wife's Piaggio BV500 requires 92 as well.
I do have two motorcycles that will run 85 octane. The Yamaha TW200 and XT250 handle it just fine. They are low compression thumpers. They are street licensed, but are light enough to maneuver the tightest single track trails in the local mountains.
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posted on
03/11/2009 10:12:57 PM PDT
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Myrddin
To: NVDave
The equivalent price for nat gas should be around $1.50 w/o road use taxes... Sounds better than 40 miles for a plug in Volt, no ?
To: NVDave
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posted on
03/13/2009 8:45:32 PM PDT
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Sequoyah101
(Get the bats and light the hay)
To: Sequoyah101
That would be a highly preferred outcome over ethanol. You’d lose the higher octane of ethanol, but you’re getting rid of the hygroscopic issues of ethanol, the pipeline corrosion issues, etc.
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03/13/2009 9:21:17 PM PDT
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NVDave
To: NVDave
It is a big advantage. Ethanol is just the wrong fuel IMHO.
Frankly, I think we should gravitate toward a totally fuel oil based transportation fuel based system and rid ourselves of gasoline all together.
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03/13/2009 9:55:27 PM PDT
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Sequoyah101
(Get the bats and light the hay)
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