This week’s article is about E85 fuel, another intermediate solution before drivers stop using petrol all together. E85, I believe is an intermediate solution because it still uses petrol as a base. E85 is a mix of ethanol and petrol – 85% ethanol and 15% petrol, so it helps to reduce the consumption of crude oil, however it increases the plant based ethanol production that … [Read more...]
Ethanol (Sugar v Corn)
There is a lot of talk these days of bio fuels and other non petroleum fuels – indeed it has been possible to buy fuels with a mix of petrol and ethanol – typically called E85 (with 15% ethanol added) for years. However, there are two types of ethanol used in vehicles, sugar cane based as used in Brazil and other countries, and corn based as used by the USA amongst … [Read more...]