[AT] E85/Flex Fuel conversions

[Ralph Goff]

Francis Robinson wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
  The bandwagon is suddenly heavily laden
> with subscribers, right or wrong, and I believe it would be foolish to not
> realize that all of our lives are going to change very quickly in many
> respects as a result. Politicians of every ilk will be clamoring for a seat.
> I'm quite sure that eventually even we will come under at least a minor
> level of fire for running these old tractors in an unproductive manner. "My
> god! look at the smoke coming out of that steam engine..." If the EPA will
> go after chainsaws and string trimmers (and it is) we cannot be far behind.
> Tractor pulls may take a hit. Wood stoves may take a hit. It would not
> surprise me at all if there were not a small group of protestors at this
> years Indy 500 and other auto races. Doing little or nothing for a long time
> then going ape $#!t wild / hell bent for leather is after all the American
> way... Brace yourselves; good or bad, change is coming and coming fast...

Change,...the older I get the less I like it, unless we are talking 
about today's weather of course.
I also wonder just how the growing bio-fuel industry is going to affect 
me and my way of life. Increasing crop prices are usually good news. But 
do I have to replace all my old fossil fuel burning equipment with "new' 
biofuel- compatible machines? With ethanol use I read reports of 30% 
drop in fuel economy. Those corn and other feed grain crops used for bio 
fuel don't grow on just fresh air and sunshine, it takes a lot of diesel 
fuel to produce the grain, how much more to turn it into fuel?

Ralph in Sask.