American1966's Blog

My dad just told me this weekend that when he was a senior in high school, 1938, there was a gas station on Minnesota, between 4th & 5th Street, in KCK that sold fuel made from corn. I was kind of surprised. Just think if they would have kept making it and perfected it to a point where we would have gotten better mileage per gallon, or better yet, not ever depended on foreign countries for oil to make the gasoline. We could have been dependent only on ourselves for 70+ years!

jstol3 I understand completely, unfortunatily there is not enough E85 station around to support a total conversion. As for the lower ethanol it causes the older vehicles which is a good portion of those in use to get lessor MPG in turn causes the owners to go to the fuel pumps more. I think one of the biggest things that concerns me, is our lobbist, government, politicians or scientist do not totally and thoroughly research things before they allow someone to start tring to scare people into making them millions of dollars

American -

The E10 is a ripoff because it gives no price reduction and it is mandated by state law.

mpvan - since the price is no problem for you I will be looking to you to subsidize the cost of my fuel and the rest of the bloggers here.

Thanks!

That video shows a nasty turbocharged Honda del Sol street racing against a Lamborghini Gallardo and winning...15psi boost on pump gas.

I was one of the people that was all for ethanol,but now I realize I may have been wrong in supporting it as an alternative fuel.I still think we need to find alternative fuels in the near future not only because we don't have a eternal supply of oil but to get us out from under the boot of OPEC, but ethanol probably is not the answer.

Jstol, an incorrect conclusion to arrive at regarding, my subsidizing fuel costs. Merely an observation of the way things are and the way they will probably end up.

The 1 person on the way to work in the Excursion and Hummer, is the one who might subsidize your fuel bill, and may be just annoyed by higher fuel bills.

The way things may go in the future when petro hits $4.15 to over $6.00 as it is in Europe, is the vanishing of these vehicles. Then, it will be painful, and not just an annoyance.

“Didn't see any Expeditions or Excursions in Europe (Switzerland) last month. Don't even see an HOV lane in the area.”

Mpvan I’ll tell you something else you probably didn’t see in Europe, a horde of gasoline powered recreational boats on the lakes, jet skis, wave runners, snowmobiles, ATVs and huge cross country RVs. Probably didn’t see many riding lawnmowers, gasoline powered weed eaters and hedge trimmers either. Why aren’t we criticizing the people who waste gas for pure recreational purposes, rather than demonizing those who have to go back and forth to work? What kid of gas mileage does a bass boat get, or the powerboats or cruisers we see so many of at the Lake Of The Ozarks and other lakes around the country?

What you might save a little in price per-gallon at the pump with ethanol, but it is more than made up for by the increased price of corn and corn based products you purchase at the grocery store. We do not, and probably never will have the potential to make ethanol a viable fuel. Of course it might aid in the obesity problem. Wait till you start paying $30 for a box of corn flakes.

LOL as it is not funny mpvan, but it is if you look at it the way I am right now. If fuel hits $6.00 a gallon here I do believe you will see a horse eating my lawn LOL and a goat eating my trash

Actually it should not if the vehicle is functioning properly, ethanol is a higher octane and shuold burn hotter and purer then the average unleaded.

There's a law in britain that SUVs and other gas guzzlers are no longer legal UNLESS you're carpooling...If you're the only person in them, then they are not allowed on the road.