And it has changed again for Colorado. It is the EPA that was making
us burn the bad fuels here. We had so many bad air days in colorado a
while back that the feds mandated that we use the other fuels. Last
year however Co managed to stay under the limit of bad air days for the
required number of years to allow us to stop using the alternate fuel
mixtures. If the news was right, this winter we should not have to use
the mixed fuels, just straight gas.
Been in Co and on the list long John? The only active listers in Co I
knew of are: Larry H., James N. and myself.
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:33:35 -0700, Lundy, John D. wrote:
>Ethyl Alcohol - just like alcoholic drinks. The purpose is two-fold:
>
>1) To provide government-mandated price supports to farmers who sell their
>grain to make it.
>
>2) To provide "oxygenated" fuel for high altitude regions like Colorado
>where it is supposed to
> cut down on pollution by providing more complete combustion (we don't
>have all that much
> air here!)...
>
>BUT
>
> Like many govt programs, it got way messed up - here in Colorado we have
>to buy oxygenated fuels on the
> populated Front Range a good part of the year - and they made us use
>MTBE. In my previous vehicle, the
> mileage was MUCH worse with MTBE, so I was polluting much more, since I
>was burning way more gas
> (and money). But we had no choice - government made us buy it - like it
>or not! Now they are finding bad
> problems with MTBE contamination in ground water, and it is now out - but
>I notice all the gas pumps still
> say this gas has 10% Ethanol....
>
>So that's the story - we would never mix anything like that in our gas, but
>we aren't given a choice -
>government knows best, or so they insist! I worry that maybe the alcohol
>might attack some of the hoses
>or plastic fittings (do we have any in MGs?). So I was wondering if anyone
>had any knowledge or experience
>with this. I know the FAA wouldn't let airplanes burn that kind of stuff -
>it was a safety risk for some engines.
>
>JL
>
>> ********************************
>> John Lundy
>> Senior Astrodynamics Engineer
>> Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
>> PHONE: (719) 637-8740 x248 FAX: (719) 573-7936
>> EMAIL: john.d.lundy@cpmx.saic.com
>>
>> ********************************
>>
>> ----------
>> From: Joe7670@aol.com[SMTP:Joe7670@aol.com]
>> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 12:14 PM
>> To: john.d.lundy@saic.com
>> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Question Re: Ethanol
>>
>> What is Ethanol?
>> What's the purpose of mixing it the gas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>>
>
>
Andrew Lundgren
Lundgren@iname.com
http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
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