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EPA & SCT | Is the Future of Modifying Cars Over Based on This??
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<blockquote data-quote="MarcSpaz" data-source="post: 16017014" data-attributes="member: 183445"><p>[USER=166576]@lexustech48[/USER], I can't speak to any studies about emissions. However, ethanol requires between 30% and 35% more fuel than LPG to make the same power. Also, retail pump ethanol is a crap shoot at best, when it comes to a reliable octane. They call it E85, but in reality it can be anywhere from 51 octane to 94 octane, still coming out of the same pump nozzle and still be called E85. Part of the reason for that is because ethanol is made out of sugar. Even after processing it as a fuel source, the fermentation process continues while the fuel ages in storage.</p><p></p><p>Given that compared to LPG, its expensive to make (cheaper at the pump due to federal subsidies from our tax dollars), its not as efficient, its not as stable, and we are an oil-rich nation, you are going to be hard pressed to see a full ethanol cut-over in the US anytime soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarcSpaz, post: 16017014, member: 183445"] [USER=166576]@lexustech48[/USER], I can't speak to any studies about emissions. However, ethanol requires between 30% and 35% more fuel than LPG to make the same power. Also, retail pump ethanol is a crap shoot at best, when it comes to a reliable octane. They call it E85, but in reality it can be anywhere from 51 octane to 94 octane, still coming out of the same pump nozzle and still be called E85. Part of the reason for that is because ethanol is made out of sugar. Even after processing it as a fuel source, the fermentation process continues while the fuel ages in storage. Given that compared to LPG, its expensive to make (cheaper at the pump due to federal subsidies from our tax dollars), its not as efficient, its not as stable, and we are an oil-rich nation, you are going to be hard pressed to see a full ethanol cut-over in the US anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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