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Subject: [OM] Re: OT Ethanol
From: Johan Malmstrom <jmalmstrom@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:16:08 +0200
Why not get a bike?

Our Ford Focus has only been fed E85. Gets us where we want to go and  
back.

/ Johan



27 sep 2006 kl. 01.00 skrev Winsor Crosby:

>
> A couple of years ago I drove through Missoula, Montana and topped up
> for the long drive to Pocatello. I did not make it. My fuel
> consumption had dropped dramatically with the ethanol mixture I had
> topped up with. It was a rather panicky time in the middle of winter
> with most gas stations closed for the season. After twenty minutes of
> driving with the reserve light I found an open station. I can't
> imagine the reduction of range you would get with the 85% mixture.
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
>> I know this is way, way the hell off topic, but for some
>> observations by other folks, most of whom know their radiators from
>> their tailpipes, this might be of interest to anyone who wants to
>> learn more about what a bunch of BS some of us think ethanol is.
>> Besides the obviously anecdotal stuff, of particular interest is
>> the quote from the Cornell University agricultural prof.
>>
>> http://www.ssrfanatic.com/forum/showthread.php?
>> t=13540&highlight=ethanol
>
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