Date:         Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:52:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
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Hi Jim,

Here in Canada the gov't is pushing to increase the alcohol content of 

our fuels. Adding 10% more ethanol to the blend frees up 10% of the 
refinery capacity to produce more gasoline. The target is to get to 30% 

overall within the next few years, which will reduce the current load 
on refineries by about 20%.

The bad news is that alcohol as an additive burns hotter and produces 
less power than gasoline. My air-cooled buses are going to hate that.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
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On 5-Mar-05, at 7:16 PM, jimt wrote:

> Our refineries in the
> US are pushed to right at max output with demand right behind them.  

> One
> refinery takes an unscheduled drop for maintenance and we have major
> difficulty in gasoline supply or other products.
>
> A major refinery corp stated that with todays pushes for alternative 

> fuels,
> building more refinery capacity is a gamble they don’t want to take.
> Instead they are themselves investing in alternative fuels technology
> research.