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Originally Posted by dank24
yea, but I just want to use it because it is not as harmful as gasoline. Something like it does not exert 40% as much emissions as gasoline
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I don't think ethanol truly produces less emissions than gasoline. The manufacturing of ehtanol from corn emits CO2. I'm referring to the chemcial plants and such. so that's why you can't just measure the CO2 emissoins out of the tailpipe. It's a bigger picture.
ethanol has tons of other problems. 1) it has less energy per volume, so this means if cars's tansk don't get bigger, u get less distance per fillup. 2) it makes consumable corn expensive 3) infastructure needs to change. right now for CA, there are around only two stations.
ethanol is only good for one thing: F1 racing. ethanol is to petroleum like petroleum is to diesel: less mileage per volume, but more horsepower.
BTW I'm referring to US ethanol. In brazil it's more feasible because sugar cane is a much better crop to make alcohol, and is more economic with sugar cane too.