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Originally Posted by rmay635703
yes but it would be unnecessary even in 40 below if the car was equipt with a injector warmer, glow plug or gas/ether tank.
The environmental and energy cost of having that 15% mixed in is horrendous compared to having a simple heater or aux fuel tank for starting purposes.
Cheers
Ryan
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. . . with specialty equipment is also a high cost. A cost that directly impacts the market and results in a no-go situation. Ecomodders often forget what works for us does not always translate to the general public. A simple change in materials and an algorithm added to the fuel system logic allows ANY modern gasoline engine to operate on E85. Since, at this time, all North American vehicles are designed to operate with alcohol and have oxygen sensing feedback loops, this is the first step in moving away from fossil fueled vehicles. As Oilpan pointed out, our ethanol and methanol pathways have too much fossil fuel input. But that can, and will change, as cellulostic ethanol and waste gas synthetic methanol become available. Even gasoline will be sourced from waste streams or benign resources.
First steps. That is all E85 is.
Also, the addition of gasoline ties up many of the weak molecular bonding sites that make ethanol so hygroscopic reducing its affinity for the water in the air.