Posted on 10/24/2005 5:27:09 PM PDT by kerryusama04
Ever wish America didn’t depend on the Middle East for oil imports? Ever wish there was an alternative to gasoline? There is. It’s called E85. E85 is a clean, practical, alternative fuel made from the ultimate renewable resource...American grains. E85 is 85% ethanol, distilled from corn, and only 15% gasoline. By fueling with E85, motorists can help reverse the trend toward greater Middle Eastern oil imports. We have got an abundant supply of clean-burning, high performing, renewable fuel right here in the U.S. E85 is a high-octane fuel, produced by the fermentation of plant sugars. Today, U.S. ethanol producers currently have the capacity to produce more than 4 billion gallons each year. With more plants under construction, ethanol producers are poised to keep pace with the rapidly increasing demand for E85. Think about it—grain grown by Americans, processed by Americans, fueling Americans’ cars. One bushel of corn produces 2.8 gallons of ethanol in addition to several valuable co-products. Using only the starch from the grain, the fermentation process leaves behind nearly all of the valuable vitamins and protein for use in other products such as gluten feed and gluten meal. The gluten is then fed to livestock, adding even more value to our nation’s large grain crop.
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Your vehicle would have ran just fine. The difference is higher quality tank, fuel lines, filters etc. due to the corrosive alcohol. One tank would have meant nothing.
Good for you.
None of any plant's composition or energy "comes from the sun". The process (photosynthesis) of turning water, soil nutrients and atmospheric CO2 into vegetation is powered by sunlight. No amount of sunlight will compensate for lack of raw materials. That's why high yielding corn crops are heavily irrigated and fertilized as well as being regularly treated with herbicides and pesticides. We are not getting "free energy" from ethanol.
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