Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:37:48 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Foss - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Foss - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
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That's what I got too.
Breaks for farmers that make over 300K a year or something.
Sick !
I'm wondering if 10 % ethanol fuel vapor locks more easily in high temps.
My 1970 carbed Mercedes has had two clear cases of no liquid fuel to the
engine, both in very hight temps.
one just the other day in 100 degrees.
i'm going to put on a pusher electric fuel pump in back by the tank.
and increase return flow to the fuel tank from the engine........both of
which should help a lot.
but ..........do you have an opinioin or real informatioin about if 10 %
ethanol gas can vaoor lock more easily ?
of course on our 30 psi fuel injected vanagons it's way less likely to
be a problem.
My gas pump jocky said people with newer cars said they 'maybe' got
slightly better fuel mileage with 10 % ethanaol gas, but i got the
imporession that was just by impression, and not calculation.
any thought on the vapor lock issue ?
thanx, scott
John Rodgers wrote:
> A new farm bill recently passed is going to make a lot of BIG
> CORPORATE farmers richer. The little family farmer - no so. This is
> all about the power of corporate America to get what they want. The
> rich have to be bought off before the little guy gets his chance. The
> whole thing sucks.
>
> BTW, with 10% ethanol you ain't getting what you are trying to pay
> for. The price of fuels keeps going up, but that dab of ethanol in the
> tank - it will lower your gas mileage per gallon. So though we are
> paying more, we ain't even holding our own on the gas mileage. If you
> can find the straight stuff (gasoline) burn the straight stuff.!
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> Scott Foss - Shazam wrote:
>> Well Don !
>> I think you NAILED IT - obviously our fuel should be 10 % Rum !!!
>>
>> But i think you have the general gist of 'the problem' regarding
>> congress mandaated corn to make fuel.......
>> And as i saw in a political cartoon about ethanol -
>> I think it's making a lot of farmers rich right now too, or the new Farm
>> Bill will.
>>
>> it's expensive to make,
>> and it makes food prices go up.
>> ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what it was just now ) ..
>> scott
>> turbovans
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>> Don Hanson wrote:
>>> This talk about Ethanol mixed into pump gas. Can one only make
>>> Ethanol from
>>> Corn, or does any fermenting plant produce it? Did I imagine reading
>>> somewhere that our Gov. decreed corn to be *the* designated
>>> bio-source for
>>> ethanol over other plants that might be more productive when turned
>>> into
>>> 'go-juice'? Like sugar cane, sugar beets, etc? Seems like using
>>> only corn
>>> is a waste, since corn is also a pretty widely eaten food source for
>>> humans,
>>> while cane and beets just make sugar, mainly...and rum...
>>> Hmmm..maybe Rum is important to those Oil Boys who are in charge
>>> right
>>> now...
>>> VW van content: Back in my Split window Hippy Van days, we used
>>> to make a
>>> home brew we called "Pineapple Swipe". Took only a few days to get
>>> pretty
>>> strong, so we'd mix up a batch when we left on a long surfing trip,
>>> stash it
>>> in the back of the van and later on throw a big party..."Pineapple
>>> Swipe"
>>> because we often swiped the base ingredient: pineapples...Little
>>> criminals
>>> and hooligans that we were (are?)
>>> Don Hanson
>>>
>>>
>>>
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