Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $

[charlie hill]

What does E85 sell for?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Walker" <alwalker at gvtel.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $


> Len Rugen wrote:
> 
>> My son has a 2-wheel drive Ford Ranger with the 3.0 liter FFV that can 
>> burn anything from 15% gas / 85% Ethanol to regular.  I noticed this 
>> morning that E85 was 20 - 25 cents less than regular here.  We have a 
>> fuel chain with some farm interest (MFA) that sells E10 at the same 
>> price as regular. Almost anything would burn up to 20% Ethanol, E20 
>> (never seen it however) without modification.
>>
>> He says that the reduced MPG is just shy of offsetting the lower cost 
>> of E85 in his Ranger.  
> 
> I believe the state of Minnesota has required E10 fuel for several years 
> now. My vehicles and tractors and small engines run fine. I also believe 
> that the MN legislature passes a law requiring fuel to change to E20 in 
> the near future.  There are a fair number of gas stations adding E85 
> pumps as many vehicle manufacturers produce units designed to use it.  
> If the lower price offsets the reduced mileage AND the money stays in 
> this country, that sounds like a win-win situation to me. Isn't the gov 
> paying out billions of dollars to idle millions of acres of farm land?  
> An alternative fuel, that I haven't seen mentioned yet, is corn. 
> Economics may not have favored alternative fuels in the past, but with 
> $4 or $5 per gallon of our present fuels, we may need to make some 
> adaptations.  That statement of modification also applies to the methods 
> of production for our agricultural endeavors as well. I think we may 
> just have to WANT to do it bad enough. (Can we do it? Yes, we can)
> Al in NW Minnesota
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