Hi MM >On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 03:33:38 +0900, you wrote: > > >http://www.planetark.org/envpicstory.cfm/newsid/19118 > > > >Australia puts off imposing cap on ethanol in fuel > > > >AUSTRALIA: December 18, 2002 > > > >CANBERRA - The Australian government said on Tuesday that evidence > >about mixing ethanol in petrol was inconclusive, putting aside any > >decision on whether to impose a maximum limit on ethanol content in > >fuel until next year. > >Keith: What are your thoughts on this? Do you think, as I am inclined >to do, that this is doing damage, overall, because if more than a >certain amount of ethanol is included in gasoline than the machinery >requirements are somewhat different (at least, that is the claim)? > >Maybe you have put your thoughts out there recently but I have missed >them.
Not really. Mike Jureidini said this at Biofuels-biz: >Following some pretty serious scaremongering over the past few >months, the oil companies have launched an intense campaign at the >service station level to denigrate the use of ethanol in the Greater >Sydney/Wollongong Basin. > >The tactics being employed are similar to those used by the oil >majors in the U.S.over twenty years ago. Currently BP, Shell, Caltex >and Woolworth's are running "no ethanol in our petrol" type ads at >badged service stations. Fred Enga pointed us at this, which is now in our library: A complete report covering all of the applications of ethanol in gasoline, in new and used engines: ERDC Project No 2511 Intensive Field Trial of Ethanol/Petrol Blend in Vehicles. This trial showed no harm to any engines, and documented the benefits. This is the Executive Summary, compliments of Apace Research Ltd -- 10 pages, 32kb Acrobat file. http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/EthanolApace.PDF Mark Matthews is trying to set things straight with the film he's making. It's confused, and confused further by allegations of buddy deals at the top level, so the journalists smell a scandal and ethanol's taking "collateral" damage. The Sydney Morning Herald yarn I posted about a week back put it in the same bracket as "contaminated petrol" and "unscrupulous operators", with scary stuff about suppressed reports of engine damage. This current story's a bit saner: "While no one claimed 10 percent ethanol blends have an adverse impact on engines, early testing with one type of marine two-stroke engine found stalling may occur when the throttle is opened from low speed, even with a 10 percent blend, creating a possible safety hazard, Kemp said." Big deal, eh? So motorists must be "protected". Stark contrast with other countries' experiences (Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe). I'm sure Mike's right, he's on the spot. Best Keith Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
