[AT] Re[2]: [Farmall] running a Farmall H on ethanol

[Lane Freeman]

What do alcohol burning race cars use?  Or is that methanol?  They seem to
have plenty of power.

Lane Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:15 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [AT] Re[2]: [Farmall] running a Farmall H on ethanol


> The purpose of my original post was simply correct a very common
> misconception and hopefully instill some semblance of academic rigor to
the
> debate and not let people get away with saying whatever they want to say
> without justification, verification, supporting data and the like.  The
> purpose was NOT to advocate ethanol as a viable alternative to gasoline.
>
> Also, I could not corroborate your data.   All the sources I checked
> (fueleconomyone.com, the EPA, etc), all listed about a 20% drop in
economy,
> not the 66%+ you indicated.  Must have been some other problems with your
> vehicle(ie tuning, etc).
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
> http://www.atis.net
>
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> On 9/4/2005 at 3:20 PM DAVIESW739 at aol.com wrote:
>
> >Spencer after being involved in one the  government studies using 85
> >percent
> >ethanol and 15 percent gasoline I can tell  you that those figures had to
> >be
> >made up or just plain biased because in the  actual test we burned as
much
> >gas
> >as we would have before the change over. also  we had to burn all that
> >ethanol.
> >I wonder where some people get there test  figures from. We sure couldn't
> >do
> >any better 5 to 6 MPG in a Chevy S 10 4  banger. Had to put a 40 gallon
> >fuel
> >tank on them to get back home from a town  trip.
> >
> >Of course we may have just been bad drivers or something thing like  that
> >but
> >I still say its not going to work and if it did them why don't we see
> >more
> >of it. I would like to use ethanol if it was practical but its not.
> >
> >Walt Davies
> >Cooper Hollow Farm
> >Monmouth, OR 97361
> >503 623-0460
> >
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