[Homestead] Ethanol / Biofuel

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sun Mar 8 00:14:16 EST 2009


But without a convertor, limited use time, how much do you think?

Lynda wrote:
> You'd need a convertor kit.  Ethenol produces less energy than fossil fuel 
> and your engine thinks it is being starved for fuel.  Your engine lights 
> will come on to tell you that your engine is running lean.  Also, it is more 
> corrosive than fossil fuel and in an older vehicle it will corrode fuel 
> lines.
> 
> Now, other than that, the more ethenol you add to your fuel, the less MPGs 
> you get from your fuel.
> 
> Well, unless you are going to use switch grass or some of the other high BTU 
> generating stuff to make your own ethenol.  Corn is a really dumb answer to 
> the fuel problem.  The only thing it is doing is making the corn growers 
> richer and the taxpayer poorer!
> 
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>
> 
>> I've been reading about ethanol and biofuels.  I was actually more
>> familiar with biodiesel than biofuel.  I read that there is E10 and E85
>> Ethanol biofuels, 10% and 85% ethanol respectively.  I know that there
>> are flexfuel vehicles now that can run on E85 without problems, but what
>> about my trucks, regular gasoline pickup trucks, 1995 GMC Sierra, and
>> 2000 Chevy Silverado.  I understand that E10 should be safe and cause no
>> problems, but I have heard that if one made their own biofuels, you
>> could increase the percentage of ethanol to gas, maybe up to 40 or 50%.
>> What would happen to my trucks on a 50/50 mix of ethanol and regular
>> octane gasoline.  Wouldn't it run better being a higher octane?
>> What would be a maximum ethanol percentage for my trucks?
>> -- 
>> I am having an out-of-money experience.
>> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
>> EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA
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