<VV> E-85 - price? & where do you want your $'s to go?

[werp knarly]

corvair content: what jets do i need????

dino gas ~ 111,000 btu/gal
e85 ~ 81,000 btu/gal

or about 72% of the energy,

so... $2.00/gal e85 / 72% = $2.72 / gal dino gas.

my local pump says 2.69 for 10% ethanol. id say they have the e 85 priced 
just about right.

as for driving 100 miles, at 20 mpg, that's 5 gal of gas. so at most it may 
or may not cost a few cents more. and for me im lucky if i get 2 tank fulls 
run thru my corvair in a year.

for me it comes down to were my energy comes from, and where my $'s go...

 the quick sands of the mid east or the prairie of the mid west

if anyone brings up gov. subsidies for corn, seems like i remember bush 
asking for $85billion for the iraq war this year alone, bin laden used our 
troupes bases in the muslin holy land, saudi arabia, as an excuse to raise 
converts and to attack us, it was very wrong but how would the west react to 
muslim troupes in the vatican city?

weeuuuu.. that's was way to long on the soap box,, your turn!!!

Thanks!

Joe "thirsty for some home brew" brown

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burkhard" <burkhard at rochester.rr.com>
To: <PIROCZ at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> E-85


> And how far does that "gallon" drive you down the road?
>
> E85 is 85% ethanol and the energy value is MUCH less than with gasoline.
> Ergo, you need to burn much more of it to go the same distance.  Stop
> thinking about comparing gasoline and E85 on a $/gallon basis and start
> thinking about how much it costs you to drive 100 miles (or whatever). 
> Then
> add in the fairly substantial cost (and effort) of converting your fuel
> system to run on it and survive.  Like to take trips? Better get a biggger
> fuel tank too ... Your range will be much lower.  And, how many E85 
> stations
> are around?  Better map them in advance!
>
> Jim Burkhard
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:06 AM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: <VV> E-85
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>>
>> Has anyone looked into running the E-85 fuel in there cars.
>> It's rated at 105
>> octane and is selling for aroung $2 a gallon.
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