Alcolean –A Mix Of Ethanol & Gasoline
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There has been a quiet revolution in this country for the last 40 years which most Americans haven’t
heard about: The evolution toward an organic fuel, which can be grown right here in the United States,
and which can support the farming community and lower the country’s imports by billions of dollars per
year. It’s called “Ethanol.” The Ethanol Movement started in the late 80s when there was a shortage of
Gasoline and people were lined up at all the Gas
Stations to buy gasoline.
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Over the last 4 decades, U.S. ethanol production
capacity has risen from virtually zero to over 15.8
billion gallons a year. Originally there were three
types of Ethanol fuel:
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1. E85
E85 is a mixture of 85% Ethanol & 15% Gasoline. Most people do not even know what it is.
Today Auto manufacturers are building “Flex Fuel” cars that can run on E85 and the
car owners probably do not even know what that means. In Brazil all the cars manufactured
there can burn E85 and I read some ware that it cost them less than $100.00 to modify the
setting to burn it.
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On 6/15/23 the Wholesale price for E85 was .98 Cheaper than Gasoline,
Today’s National average for Retail E85 is .91 Cheaper than Gasoline (Current Retail Pricing)
Gasoline contains 10% ethanol, which is used as an octane booster.
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2. Gasohol
Gasohol is a blend of 10% Ethanol and 90% Gasoline. It is now called “Gasoline.” Yes, most
Gasoline contains 10% ethanol, which is used as an octane booster.
3. Pure Alcohol Fuel.
This mix is 96% Ethanol and 4% Water. There is NOWHERE in the United States to buy this fuel!
There are NO cars in America that run on this fuel, and I can’t find a place to convert my car to burn
it. There 201 Ethanol production plants in the United States that produce Ethanol for less than Gasoline!
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There are other mixes of Ethanol and Gasoline.
Now let’s cover some E85 mixing basics. While it might seem that blending fuels for octane would
be a straight percentage mix like with gasoline, Ethanol Fuel works a little differently.
If we blend 5 gallons of 91 octane gas with 5 gallons of 108 – Ethanol, the result is 10 gallons of
99.5 octane gasoline, (Super Premium).
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Ethanol’s blending relationship, however, enjoys a little known advantage. Small
blend percentages, like E30, have a much greater impact on octane rating.
In 1925, Henry Ford told The New York Times that ethyl alcohol is “the fuel of the future” which
“is going to come from fruit like that sumac out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust —
almost anything. There is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There’s
enough alcohol in one year’s yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to
cultivate the fields for a hundred years.
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Conclusion !
I never see a sign for E85 at a Gas Station in
Chicago. I need a map to find one. There are
only 15 E85 Stations in Chicago, but there
are 424 Gas Stations in Chicago That means
only 3.5% of the of them sell E85, but there
are 201 Ethanol production facilities in the US
Maybe after a 195 years it may be time for someone to start marketing the concept ! ! ! ! !
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Other Links;
Fuel Data Center
Cars That Burn E85
Ethanol Fuel In Brazil
Wikipedia Alcohol Fuel
Flex Fuel Conversion Kits
Companies Investing in Bio Fuel
Butanol Bio Fuel Also Works in your Car !
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