E-85?
by : Forest Carman
posted : 06/20/2006
Think with me for a second...
Take a handful of very influencial people in this country and play voodoo dolls with them.
in one hand you have dolls of some car manufactuars and some oil comglomerants and on the other you have the majority of congress.
what if you could make the car manufactuars market a cheap, and flexible fueled car instead of the gas-guzzeling f-350 mega-ultra-redneck cab.
and what if you could make a oil comglomerant relize he could make ASS LOADS of profit if he bought some several thousand acres of corn fields and turned it into E-85?
and what if congress passed legislation that would give tax breaks to car manufactuars and oil companys that made steps to ACTUALLY BECOME independant of foreign oil. AND tax cuts to people that took the incentive to buy a flexi-fueled car.
But then you would ask "where would we get that money to give to people?"
the answer is clear, $450 billion , the amount we have spent in Iraq. instead of wasting money to preserve our ties with foreign oil, why dont we use that money and do something RADICAL with it?
"WHAT IS E85?
E85 is the term for motor fuel blends of 85 percent ethanol and just 15 percent gasoline. E85 is an alternative fuel as defined by the U.S. Department of Energy. Besides its superior performance characteristics, ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline; it is a completely renewable, domestic, environmentally friendly fuel that enhances the nation's economy and energy independence.
Today, the U. S. imports more than half of its oil, and overall consumption continues to increase. By supporting ethanol production and use, U.S. drivers can help reverse that trend. 85% ethanol can reduce pollution. Government tests have shown that E85 vehicles reduce harmful hydrocarbon and benzene emissions when compared to vehicles running on gasoline. E85 can also reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), a harmful greenhouse gas and a major contributor to global warming.
Although CO2 is released during ethanol production and combustion, it is recaptured as a nutrient to the crops that are used in its production. Unlike fossil fuel combustion, which unlocks carbon that has been stored for millions of years, use of ethanol results in low increases to the carbon cycle. Ethanol also degrades quickly in water and, therefore, poses much less risk to the environment than an oil or gasoline spill."
That is from the link below
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