enthalpy

Tuesday, June 28, 2005


It's about that time: another story about how ethanol is the clean-burning fuel of the future.
Like lots of motorists, Chuck Nye thought he had no choice but to grin and bear it as rising gas prices made filling up his minivan a painful experience. But then he heard a radio ad promoting E85 — a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline — that sells for an average of about 45 cents per gallon less than regular unleaded.

Inside his fuel door was a sticker saying Nye had a flexible fuel vehicle, which can burn the homegrown alternative. Nye was sold.

"It's good gas," he said while fueling up at a Holiday station just off Interstate 35E in this Twin Cities suburb. "I haven't noticed any difference in gas mileage performance or engine performance as well."
I don't know what "ethanol-tree" these guys are getting the ethanol, but I smell a big fat government kick-back in this deal.

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