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To: george76

On top of that, ethanol only has 60% of the BTUs of gasoline, so the pollution per BTU is far worse.


4 posted on 09/14/2022 9:04:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“On top of that, ethanol only has 60% of the BTUs of gasoline, so the pollution per BTU is far worse.”

And that fact is never discussed, same with Bio Diesel fuel.


7 posted on 09/14/2022 9:21:11 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Corn ethanol can mess with small engines, carburetors, and ..


8 posted on 09/14/2022 9:23:53 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So my confusion is that gasoline is 93 octane, 10% ethanol drops that to 87 octane, but 15% ethanol is 88 octane. Still trying to figure out that math.

Can anybody help?


43 posted on 09/14/2022 10:28:56 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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