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Originally Posted by nadepalma
Encouraging to be sure, but too soon to uncork the champagne. I hope that all these companies and their investments pay off so we dont have to send more money overseas.
We still need to find a way to transfer any ethanol blend efficiently since they can't be pushed through a pipeline like oil. But still, if they can get ethanol more cheaply - any kind of cellulosic ethanol that uses non-food stock as its main ingredient would be good - I think it could definitely be a great short-to-medium term solution.
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(My bold for emphasis) You sure can ship ethanol by pipeline like oil, you just can't do it in the pipelines meant for oil. That's been one of the arguments against adopting ethanol as a fuel. With the right type of pipeline you could ship ethanol anywhere. However, I'm reasonably sure it would have to be dedicated to ethanol only, and probably have different safeguards and technologies applied to it.
I too, would like to see a larger adoption of ethanol as a motor fuel. We can make it here, and keep our money here, too. Particularly, non-feed stock based methods of production would be ideal, and remove that argument against ethanol.
Besides, I would love to be able to fill up with 100 octane E85 or E100 in a car that has an engine optimized for ethanol.
Hey, GM can you put a Saab Bio-Power Ecotec in my next car?