biogasoline - who is using that?

[brick8]

10% ethanol is ok. Anything above that shouldn't be used without mods. E85 is corrosive, only meant to be used in flexfuel cars. Try not to use the 10% stuff in any motor where it will be sitting for a while (for example a snowmobile or mower) because it decomposes quickly.

[Kibokojoe]

Shogun
Ethanol is bad news. It robs you of power, mileage and in the end it will bring a shorter life to your engine. IMHO It only good for cleaning parts.

Ken

My wife just called me if she can fill up the tank with that.
Was started only yesterday here in Japan, they are far behind with that compared to other countries because of lack of agricultural areas and Toyota is using the Hybrid motor.

So I checked in the newspaper and it says
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that yesterday morning the first deliveries have been made. Biogasoline is made by mixing gasoline with ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), a synthesis of bioethanol and petroleum gas. The new fuel will be sold at 50 gasoline stations in Tokyo and adjacent prefectures from today, with a nationwide rollout to be completed by 2010. Bioethanol, which makes up to 3% of the blend, causes no rise in CO2 emissions.
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Is there any harm with that stuff for our old cars? Especially gaskets material or so?

Thanks for the input.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

fresh from the northern territories of Newfoundland.

Batter up!

[attack eagle]

I guess if you confronted the neo environmental nazis about it, eventually they would have to confess that all petroleum products are BIO. It's all decomposed plant material after all.

ETBE???

I guess it uses ethanol as the base instead of methanol...
I try like hell NOT to run those crappy mixed gasolines, but have no choice in winter as everything is mixed with something here by law. The ethanols this last year were better than the MBTEs were in prior years but I did notice more power and better fuel economy running on real gas as soon as it became available.
I wouldn't run it if I had the choice NOT to.

[RallyD]

here in NYC and surrounding suburbs, it used to be 10% in winter months only. Now I think that it is now year round.

OK now why would it be a good idea to use arable soil to produce fuel. "Growing" gas is touted as a renewable resource but you can only grow on a parcel of land for so long before it loses its nutrients.
But hey, it's no worse than raising cattle to make my double bacon cheese burgers and 20oz porterhouse steaks,lol

[winfred]

thats whats cool about the cummins, i can get some 100% tuna free dolphin fat render it down and burn it as fuel, then drive by a peace protest and roll some coal at them and be saving the environment by not supporting big oil

I use whale and baby harp seal oil fresh from the northern territories of Newfoundland.

Batter up!