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To: Faketan

Didn’t read the full article, but the excerpt confirms what a lot of sensible (that is, non-libtard) folks have been saying all along.

So far the only really good use I have heard of for E85 is making stupendous horsepower in a modified Mitsubishi Evo. :) It’s a combination of ethanol’s higher knock resistance and charge-cooling properties, both of which work really well in a turbocharged engine.


2 posted on 07/09/2010 10:11:57 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Hang in there, baby! November's comin'...)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Alcohol problems:

To produce enough to meet all US transportation needs it would require every acre of farm land in the US.

It requires extensive quantities of fresh water.

Vehicles require a LOT more of it since fuel mileage is reduced


4 posted on 07/09/2010 10:57:31 AM PDT by preacher (A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Here's a cool graphic from Petr Beckmann comparing U.S. energy reserves. Note where the greatest amount of energy is (A) and where the least work is being done (A). When you consider that there probably isn't another nation on the face of the earth with the amount of coal we have here (B), the comparison of the energy we could get using breeder reactors (A) is astounding. Every ton of coal saved from burning by using breeder reactors is another ton of coal available as a chemical feedstock.


5 posted on 07/11/2010 6:46:18 PM PDT by aruanan
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