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Old and In the Way

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8. I guess I'm a little confused.

Reply to Bill USA (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 08:59 PM

Feb 2012

If ethanol as 10% better energy efficiency than gas, why does this translate to 7% less mpg? I want to moderate my original comment to agree that ethanol would certainly be a strategic optional source of fuel should petroleum futures escalate on geo-political events. I think there may be better longer terms options to the internal combustion engine, but it will take better battery storage technology and more investment in solar energy in general.

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UH-OH, secret document leaked: Ethanol gets about 7% less mpg than gas; 10% BETTER on energy equiv [View all] Bill USA Feb 2012 OP

Don't you mean 7% MORE mpg? Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #1

No, I averaged the actual mpg shown in the chart and it is 7% less than gasoline's but this is FAR Bill USA Feb 2012 #5

I guess I'm a little confused. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #8

I think there's a bit of a gap... Dead_Parrot Feb 2012 #2

Well, I was being a little sarcastic. It only took 13+ years to release this report. Bill USA Feb 2012 #3

So? hunter Feb 2012 #4

Sounds great! Now if you can just keep the price of oil from killing our economy (jeopardizing your Bill USA Feb 2012 #6

"Iran nuclear ambitions???" hunter Feb 2012 #7

here's another good one from Santorum: "man-made global warming is a HOAX" ....LOL...LOL Bill USA Feb 2012 #9

here's another corker: Saudia Arabia to buy Nuclear Weapons if Iran tests A-Bomb Bill USA Feb 2012 #10

and of course, they are probably going to 'test' it .....over tel Aviv. Recoverin_Republican Feb 2012 #11