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...by the numbers:
1) in a gasoline & ethanol mixture, ethanol displaces gasoline.
2) gasoline has higher energy content (~114,000 BTU/gal) than ethanol (~76,000 BTU/gal).
3) fuel efficiency "works" on energy.
4) any addition of ethanol to gasoline DECREASES the total energy content of their mixture.
5) removing ethanol from E10, produces (approximately) 100% gasoline, so the energy content is BACK up to the level it was before the ethanol was added.
6) it's all about the ENERGY content (of the gasoline, not the ethanol).
Christ--we just need MORE water to absorb that extra CO2 (as carbonates) as the earth has done for eons...and Global Warming is "helping" us get that water (ha,ha).
Last edited by gone-ot; 06-24-2010 at 11:50 PM..
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