[Land-speed] Alternate Fuels

[Skip Higginbotham]

There is no saying that we don't have a variety of interests on this 
list!!!! (-:(-:
Skip (The beer price worries me)


At 10:59 AM 7/15/2007, ed at vetteracing.com wrote:
>You left out the most important objection to the production of 
>ethenol........ It has caused the price of beer to go up 
>dramatically!!!  With the price of corn soaring to produce ethanol, 
>farmers are plowing under hops to join the party, and the price at 
>the pump has increased accordingly! (the beer pump, of course)  Then 
>of course there are the tortilla riots in Mexico......  Maybe if we 
>planted sugar cane like the do in Brazil
>Ed
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> >Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Alternate Fuels
> >
> >I was just reading that ethanol takes anywhere from three quarters of
> >a gallon to a gallon and a quarter of fossil fuel to produce. It must
> >be transported by tanker truck since it tears pipes apart and when
> >left in your gas tank the water separates. All good things for your
> >fuel system. Why are we pursuing this direction?
> >
> >Bob D.