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Re: pic: Ethanol powered car from GM

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I was under the impression all you had to do to run a conventional car on ethanol was to re-jet the carberator (if it had a carb, making the jets about 15% larger)

I would think with a fuel injected engine it would be a trivial tweak to the engine control SW, or even a switch on the dashboard

so I am sitting here wondering, what exactly makes this an 'ethanol powered car' ?

I remember reading about people running cars and tractors on pure ethanol in The Mother Earth News (magazine) back in the '70s
No you need a whole stainless steel fuel system because Ethanol is corrosive.

Why does it always have to be a massive pickup or SUV? It kind of negates the benifits of the Ethanol drive train.

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well, yeah, but you are talking about 16% of billions and billions of dollars per year that are presently going to other countries, that could stay here.
I think conservation can save a lot more.

Personally, I believe conservation is the only true solution. All alternatives fuel resources have major flaws and we can't really wait for all the solutions. It will be too late!

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Re: pic: Ethanol powered car from GM

I actually took the picture of this car because it was a neat display (and the other side of the car was MOE green ). I did talk to the rep about their fuel cell prototype car, but that was a bland color.

If you look closely, and you may not be able to see it in this pic, the yellow is actually painted to look like rows of corn kernels.

The rep did say to someone there that E85 is just a temporary solution to the gas crisis and more work is being done to improve cost and efficiency.
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I actually took the picture of this car because it was a neat display (and the other side of the car was MOE green ).
I am all about that display Carol, it is way cool.
Thanks for putting up all the pictures, they are amazing.
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...I think conservation can save a lot more.

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well, ok, everyone drive less and drive more fuel effecient vehicles

then we can run 33% of our vehicles on ethanol instead of gasoline, but those billions of dollars can still be pumped back into our economy, instead of handing it to foreign goverments to pump sludge out of the ground.
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