Comments on: Tank me up with alcohol fuel, baby! http://raphael.longbournprods.com/2006/04/17/tank-me-up-with-alcohol-fuel-baby/ the personal weblog of Raphael Tehan Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Raphael http://raphael.longbournprods.com/2006/04/17/tank-me-up-with-alcohol-fuel-baby/#comment-3 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:55:37 +0000 http://raphael.longbournprods.com/2006/04/17/tank-me-up-with-alcohol-fuel-baby/#comment-3 Cybele: it's true, all discussions about ethanol are fraught with argument and debate, as indeed are discussions about most alternative fuels, even hydrogen. I've read that <a title="Switchgrass article at Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchgrass">switchgrass</a> is held as a good possible candidate to make ethanol really truly viable as an economy/dependency revolutionary. What attracts me most about the fuel is that, aside from its high-performance qualities, it could cause tangible and immediate benefits for Los Angeles, especially since so many of the flex-fuel vehicles on the road today are pretty big drinkers. Every time I see a huge Suburban I think, "what might be!" Cybele: it’s true, all discussions about ethanol are fraught with argument and debate, as indeed are discussions about most alternative fuels, even hydrogen.

I’ve read that switchgrass is held as a good possible candidate to make ethanol really truly viable as an economy/dependency revolutionary.

What attracts me most about the fuel is that, aside from its high-performance qualities, it could cause tangible and immediate benefits for Los Angeles, especially since so many of the flex-fuel vehicles on the road today are pretty big drinkers. Every time I see a huge Suburban I think, “what might be!”

]]> by: cybele http://raphael.longbournprods.com/2006/04/17/tank-me-up-with-alcohol-fuel-baby/#comment-2 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:15:45 +0000 http://raphael.longbournprods.com/2006/04/17/tank-me-up-with-alcohol-fuel-baby/#comment-2 I applaud your efforts to find some alternative fuels. What's great about ethanol, is though it does contribute to the CO2 in the atmosphere, it's CO2 that's already in circulation instead of the stuff that's dug up out of long-gone reservoirs. However, there's a lot of dispute right now about the efficiency of using ethanol because of how much energy it takes to grow and transport the stuff and then further refine it for use in autos. I applaud your efforts to find some alternative fuels.

What’s great about ethanol, is though it does contribute to the CO2 in the atmosphere, it’s CO2 that’s already in circulation instead of the stuff that’s dug up out of long-gone reservoirs.

However, there’s a lot of dispute right now about the efficiency of using ethanol because of how much energy it takes to grow and transport the stuff and then further refine it for use in autos.

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