[Spridgets] A (sad) tale of ethanol??

[Dave KK7SS]

Lee,

Ethanol is miscible with water!! Water in your vehicle (except for cooling) is not generally considered to be a good thing!

It is also a general purpose industrial and medical solvent

The Clean Fuels Report comparison of fuel emissions shows that ethanol exhaust generates 2.14 times as much ozone as does gasoline exhaust. 

When this is added into the custom Localised Pollution Index (LPI) of The Clean Fuels Report the local pollution (pollution that contributes to smog) is 1.7 on a scale where gasoline is 1.0 and higher numbers signify greater pollution.

Ethanol is a central nervous system depressant and has significant psychoactive effects in sublethal doses

Energy content:
E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) 	33.2 MJ/Kg	for 105	Octane
Gasohol (90% gasoline + 10% ethanol) 	47.1 	        for 93/94 Octane
Regular gasoline 		        44.4  MJ/Kg	for 91	Octane

And my minor is using *very* rubber... perishing but still there!!


I can make my own mind up... so I buy Ethanol-Free Gas  <G>


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Dave G  KK7SS
DN06ig   Richland, WA

'59 Morris Minor 1000
'65 Sprite - in process
'76 Midget - shared with my #4 son.
'06 Honda Civic Hybrid

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Fox" <lee.fox at sbcglobal.net>

We've had ten percent ethanol is all our gas here in the midwest for, 
perhaps, 30 years and all that old rubber that was incompatible with 
alcohol was replaced long, long ago. E10 is harmless. Modern fuels have 
a short shelf life and are seasonally formulated.