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Originally Posted by 123gts
I agree but will never happen in the USA. Look how many new flex fuel vehicles are being sold here. hydrous e100 Does not work well in cold weather. The cheap fix the auto industry does to help with cold starting is mix in more gas in the winter. You cant mix hydrous e100 and gas I have tried.
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E85 is politics at its best , hydrous is illegal at the pump because it isn't denatured.
Cold start issues are due to poor engineering, glow plugs or ether start solves it the same way it does on diesel.
Pure water can be mixed into diesel or gasoline.
The process to do it is called emulsification, ultrasonic or surfactants can easily mix hydrous into gasoline. Depending on the surfactant the mix can stay that way many months.
Emulsified diesel is already a commercial product said to reduce emissions and reduce fuel consumption.
Lack of will is why we setup a wasteful ethanol system.
Starting with the feedstock
Moving to the high energy fermentation process (the old slow way uses no energy)
Ending with an inability to admit hydrous is superior to e85 and could have all issues cheaply addressed (ether start is what a $25 option?)