E85?????
did you people know about this and not tell me?
http://www.gm.com/company/onlygm/livegreengoyellow/index.html
2007-06-30 12:28:12 · 7 answers · asked by Mercury 2010 7 in Environment ➔ Alternative Fuel Vehicles
they've claimed that ethonol is higher octane than reg gasoline, resulting in more HP and torgue.
Is this true?
2007-06-30 12:38:37 · update #1
Yes GM made a bunch of alternate fuel vehicles because they got an EPA credit for vehicles that could run on renewable fuel sources. Hardly anyone actually burns E-85 in the vehicles, the availability is still quite limited. Also the fuel economy is worse so even when there is a choice gasoline is the favored choice. The thing is that in order to fully use the advantages of ethanol's higher octane it should have higher compression pistons. The high compression creates NOX, the visible part of smog negating the lower CO2 of alcohol.
Add to that the fact that we can not grow enough corn in USA to fuel the fleet of vehicles in on the road today much less in the future.
And when we burn anything it creates CO2 at some level.
2007-06-30 13:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ethanol cannot produce as much power as gasoline on a gallon per gallon basis. Results: lower mileage. It IS higher in octain but todays cars don't need high octain.
We are burning FOOD in those cars.
The fuel if more expensive to produce but the government subsidizes it while they tax gasoline.
It takes more petroleum to produce ethanol than the energy gotten out of it when it is burned. Consider the fuel needed to run tractors for plowing, planting spreading fertilizer, and harvesting. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are made from petroleum.Fuel for operating trucks to ship it to processing plants and trucks to ship the final product (ethanol) to the fuel distribution companies since it can't be shipped by pipeline.
Then there is the increased price for the corn. It is used to feed our cattle, chickens, pigs, and farm raised fish.
The price of eggs and milk will go up too.
Sounds like a POLITICIAN'S program for dealing with a problem.
2007-06-30 21:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by Philip H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most of theit vehicles have only been available in area other than the USA until recently. now they only have 2 cars and 4 or 5 truck/suv types available in the USA. they get about 1/4 - 1/3 less gas milage than standard gas vehicles and are aout 1/4 - 1/3 less in the horsepower department as well.
2007-06-30 12:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but, the over all fuel milage is lower on E-85. So if one gets 600 miles on a full tank, it gets lowered to 400 miles. Now E-85 is about $0.10 a gallon cheaper.
2007-07-01 09:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It is true. Ethanol is clean, renewable, American made, non-toxic, and non-carcinogenic. Gasoline is none of those things.
2007-07-01 08:37:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satanic that is what it is
Only transient Aliens who regard this planet as disposable would sanction ethanol and its vehicles
If you side with them we all know where you stand as another Enemy of the planet revealed .
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As.v_rIphceVRsJC8Wp62Q_sy6IX?qid=20070611164235AAp1H6V
2007-06-30 18:32:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG WHAT A COINCIDENCE THEY ALSO DESTROYED THEIR ENTIRE FLEET OF EV1's, GM's FIRST ATTEMPT AT MAKING AN ELECTRIC CAR!!!!
2007-07-01 11:17:34 · answer #7 · answered by Jason Thomas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋