EtOH vs diesel vs all the rest

Posted by HH56 On 2009/12/4 14:47:57

Looks like things on the fuel front is going to change--one way or another. In addition to O_D's article about 15% alcohol content, there is an article from APhttp://apnews.excite.com/article/20091204/D9CCL6V02.html andhttp://apnews.excite.com/article/20091204/D9CCNBB01.html that accelerated funding for 19 more biofuel diesel plants is forthcoming. What's a poor Packard going to do.

Another article said the Chevy Volt will be introduced out here first next year since the air resources board mandated electric or other "green" vehicles must be available and part of a mfgs offerings sold in the next 5 (??) yrs. Should be interesting the first few times those are on the loose. Promoting lots of range, but I-5 is awfully long with lots of miles of nowhere between plugs-ins in case marketing was a bit optimistic.

So far all the fringe fuels which were supposedly going to make us middle east independent--hydrogen, batteries, solar, wind and the other far flung technologies haven't quite panned out.