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Old 03-13-2012, 12:53 AM   #99 (permalink)
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The big advantage to Ethanol is that it is possible to make it cheap from surplus grains. If they can find a cheap source of Butanol and overcome the fact that 0 cars are approved for usage with it. Maybe.

Butanol is also toxic like Methanol, so there's an emissions problem right there.
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