[DeTomaso] Ethanol "enriched" (diluted) fuel

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Here's more info that shows what a major screw job is being forced upon us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_gallon_equivalent

Michael



On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:19 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not using my own personal experience and multiple tanks of real world
> testing.
>
> It is only done to subsidize the corn farmers and drive up the cost of
> everything else as a result.
>
> a box of Corn Flakes is $4.00, just ridiculous.
>
> That keeps them buying $400,000 tractors every year on the govt dime, so
> they can sell the old ones
> and keep the money.
>
> Thousands of them ( one season old ) are shipped out of the country every
> year, many right here in Savannah.
>
> Want to see photos of them, send me a email, I'll show you.
>
> Michael Shortt
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> It's a F*&%^ing racket!
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Paul Timko <thedrol at pobox.com> wrote:
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>> Burn 10% more fuel to make up for the 10% ethanol, doesn't make sense.
>> There must be some energy in the ethanol...  I think the actual MPG drop
>> is around 3-4%
>>
>> Paul
>> #9270
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>> On 1/10/2013 11:09 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>> > one liter of diluted gas), what they fail to tell you is that to travel
>> a
>> > certain distance, you need to burn about 10 percent more fuel if it is
>> > diluted.
>>  >
>> > Mike
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