[ngat]

“Sometimes options are better than plans.”

Yes, but that is completely antithetical to the way the world works now. In a world where government controls everything, plans are better than options.

By the way, are the flex-fuel vehicles of the last few years capable of using methanol as well as E-85 without modification? I mean, could I take my E-85 flex-fuel
SUV over to the dragstrip, fill up with some methanol racing fuel, put it in the tank, and just drive off?

[GonzoGOP]

I mean, could I take my E-85 flex-fuel SUV over to the dragstrip, fill up with some methanol racing fuel, put it in the tank, and just drive off?

For the newer cars that use exhaust gas monitoring the hardware is ready to go. In the one case I saw an extensive write up on a 2007 Chevy Cobalt was run on 100% methanol by replacing the fuel-pump seal made of Viton, which is not methanol compatible, with one made of Buna-N, which is. Cost of about 41 cents. To get the benefit of the extra horsepower available from the methanol the owner also advanced the timing. Note that the Cobalt was not a flex fuel vehicle to start with so you may not even have to do that much.