Thread: Ethanol in our fuel, have your say!
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Old 05-05-2014, 11:28 PM
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All the racing fuel made today very likely has some kind of alcohol (probably methanol) in it. Aviation gasoline will have no alcohol in it because the water brought in with the ethanol will freeze at altitude. Alcohol fuel requires different fuel systems in auto engines to prevent leaks or failures due to corrosion. Fuel with no ethanol or alcohol has about 50 ppm dissolved water. Fuel with 10% ethanol has about 1,000 ppm dissolved water in it. I agree, lets use corn for food and hydrocarbons for energy.
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