It would be that simple if you mentioned "ceteris paribus." You did not.
The human body is about 20% energy efficient. An old simple internal combustion engine is about the same. A well-tuned ethanol engine is over 40% efficient. A modern flex fuel engine has a range of efficiency. And as the reputable labs have discovered, an ethanol blend with gasoline is more efficient in the supermajority of cars. Please focus on the science and show me where The Oakridge National Lab got it wrong. On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 3:38 PM Mark Wegmet <[email protected]> wrote: > It is simple physics... there are not as many BTU's in ethanol than there > are in gasoline... you can use BTU's, Watts, Newtons, or any other > characteristic of force/work potential that you want... the amount of > energy available for conversion to work is measurable and your results will > NOT vary... > > Mark W > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > On 9/30/2022 5:22 PM, MS wrote: > > > *"Since higher proportions of ethanol involve blending E85 and regular > 87 aki gas, the cost per gallon is significantly lower than regular 87 aki > gas in California. It is not intuitive, since ethanol has lower energy than > gasoline."* > > I have travelled across the country many times by car and unmistakably > noticed my mileage distinctly decreased by using ethanol containing gas. > Once you hit the midwest there's no choice. Here in California it's bad > enough that we have as much as 8% ethanol even in Chevron Supreme (the only > gas I use if available). > > Based on my experience along with what I've read over the years, there's > not any doubt that ethanol decreases efficiency in at least my combustion > engines. I assume my engines are similar to everyone else's. Could be > wrong. From all the data I've ever read, it seems abundantly clear ethanol > is a huge scam perpetrated upon the American public in order to subsidize > farmers who should be using America's rich farmland for growing quality > crops instead of ethanol. And not alfalfa. Alfalfa is about the highest - > perhaps the highest - water intensive crop that can be grown, this in light > of the U.S.'s increasing water shortage, both in the West and the midwest > (where they are draining their aquifers down to the bottom). > > > If only I could be king I would straighten these unfortunate situations > out . . . > * [image: Emoji]. * > > Mike > KSEE > > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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