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Old 05-20-2008, 11:25 AM
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:27 PM
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I think the best solution is Hydrogen and Bio diesel, get rid of fossil fuels all together. Theres 2 problems with E85, 1 it still uses 15% gasoline and, 2 its made from corn which takes away from the food industry. Bio Diesel can be made from all types of food oils that already have a strong industry just used for cooking like canola and vegetable oil. plus can be recycled after being used for cooking to bio diesel. Hydrogen can be made greenly in areas with Geothermal, Hydro, and Nuclear. But If Hydrogen is produced with coal and gas power plants its moving backwards. Any Gas engine can be converted to burn Hydrogen and Fuel cell cars would share the exact same fuel for 2 different methods of propulsion. Diesel's can be converted to burn bio diesel with little to no mods added.

As soon as either my warranty either ends or I can afford it, I want to convert my HHR SS to hydrogen, however I need to find out what the exhaust would do to the turbo. May have to remove it and cover it with some kind of rust protection or something as well.
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by KinseySS
Theres 2 problems with E85, 1 it still uses 15% gasoline and, 2 its made from corn which takes away from the food industry.
If additives are used, you can use E100, the 15% mix is done for that reason.

The part of corn that is used to make ethonal is not what you eat.
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Old 05-20-2008, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by solman98
The part of corn that is used to make ethonal is not what you eat.
Unless you are a cow.
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Old 05-20-2008, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by solman98
The part of corn that is used to make ethonal is not what you eat.
Even if thats true, they don't separate it. It's not like one part goes to the food industry and the other to the gas industry. The full corn gets either sold to or bought as a whole. But if they could do that in the future it would be a nice step.
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Old 05-20-2008, 09:10 PM
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Corn ethanol is nearly an energy sink. Nothing but feel good politics for the corn belt. Cellulosic ethanol is the only form of the stuff that makes sense.
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