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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView
They're doing it to free up airwaves because the airwaves are so cluttered the government is having trouble with their communication from all the different frequencies being used. Helps them I suppose. And switching tv's is probably millions of dollars cheaper than altering car engines.
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Well, the gov't was
selling the airwaves via FCC auction. If there was a gov't car company, and they were selling the company, they could use the money from the sale to give you a coupon good towards a kit used to convert your car to the new fuel type.
At least that's how it would have to work in my head to be the same as the radio thing.
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Originally Posted by GTO78
*I read a story on mpgresearch.com from a guy who removes the ethanol from gasoline in his garage. He puts the gas into a 5 gallon can. Then he pours in 1/2 gallon of water (10%). He shakes it up and then lets it sit. After a while the water and alcohol are combined and settle together to the bottom of the can. At the bottom of the can is a drain valve, he opens the drain valve until the water/alcohol (approx 1 gallon) is done pouring out. What's left is pure gasoline with no ethanol. If you've ever seen water in a fuel can it's very obvious, they don't mix at all, and it's very easy to drain water out of gas. All aircraft have a drain valve for water in the fuel tanks, you let it drain until suddenly it changes to gasoline, then your done. There's no worries about it being safe either, unless you have poor eyesight.
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Would you then be able to measure the % ethanol that really was in the gas, if you mixed it with a known amount of water?