To: Brad Cloven
A significant fact is that gasoline from petroleum has 115,400 British Thermal Units per gallon whereas alcohol (ethanol) has only 75,670 BTUs per gallon, or, alcohol has only .66 the energy of gasoline.
Oops! An INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
4 posted on
03/04/2007 8:06:46 AM PST by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: pyx
Check the BTU content of butanol. Oh, BTW, it mixes completely with gasoline, ethanol does not.
7 posted on
03/04/2007 8:16:34 AM PST by
stboz
To: pyx
"Oops! An INCONVENIENT TRUTH."
I don't see this as a left-right issue. It's become a financial support for Congressmen issue. Follow the money.
To: pyx
Let's get the whole story out:
A significant fact is that gasoline from petroleum has 115,400 MIDDLE EASTERN Thermal Units per gallon whereas alcohol (ethanol) has only 75,670 AMERICAN Thermal Units per gallon, or, alcohol has only .66 the energy of gasoline.
Oops! An INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
22 posted on
03/04/2007 8:38:51 AM PST by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: pyx
Oops! An INCONVENIENT TRUTH.Yes, but only for those of us who will be FORCED to use (and PAY FOR) this junk.
31 posted on
03/04/2007 9:01:28 AM PST by
Mygirlsmom
(I practice Calorie Offset Trading. I eat a candy bar & pay my kid $10 bucks to run around the block)
To: pyx
ABC pointed this out on the evening news. Yeah, that's the ticket.
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