Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $

Steve W. falcon at telenet.net
Fri Aug 12 23:21:51 PDT 2005


That means after you add in the 46 cents per gallon that the government
pays to producers of E-85 it works out to 2.469 per gallon.

Steve W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Walker" <alwalker at gvtel.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $


> charlie hill wrote:
>
> > What does E85 sell for?
> >
> This thread has progressed quite a bit since I forgot to check prices
> yesterday. Interesting to say the least.  Well, this morning E-10 was
> selling for 2.379, E-85 was 2.069.  On road diesel was at 2.499 and
Off
> road diesel at the pump was 2.169.  On the way home from work, I
noticed
> that E-10 was up to 2.449.
>
> This thread has discussed differences between petroleum fuels that we
> have to buy from overseas and alternative fuels that we can produce
> here.  We have invested decades engineering engines and engineering
the
> production of fuels from petroleum.  How much effort have we put into
> the engineering of ethanols and biodiesels.  How much effort have we
> expended on fine tuning our engines and fuel systems to use a
different
> fuel.  Various crops have been discussed relating to their oil content
> etc. How much research have we done to find crops that produce even
more
> oil. Have we used our ability to genetically manipulate plants to
> achieve such "new" varieties.  I think work is definitely in progress,
> but we have a ways to go. Perhaps there might still be a future for
> small family farms again. Perhaps that Allis-Chalmers fuel-cell
powered
> tractor might become feasible after all.  Can we do it?  Yes, we can !
> Al in NW Minnesota
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