Saturday, October 29, 2005
More about E-85
I set up another weblog so that I could rant about ethanol exclusively, since it is an issue that is very important to me. However, there are plenty of websites available online that can provide more official information. Someone clicked on this weblog after looking for a station in Washington state that sells E-85. I couldn't pretend to be able to keep up with that information. I would refer that person to E85 Fuel. It has the most up-to-date lising of stations and vehicle models I've seen. While this is the most current resource for finding information about new stations or new models of automobiles, there is breaking news every day. Not surprisingly it takes those folks some time to keep up with it all.
Ethanol seems to be catching-on. The number of stations here in Indiana that carry E-85 has quadrupled in just the last few months. It was probably due in large part to the demonstration they gave at the state fair.
Finally, the notion that ethanol production and use wastes fossil fuels is simply wrong. Of all the dozens of studies to the contrary, there has only been one that has shown ethanol production to be wasteful in terms of net energy production. Certainly farmers will consume fuel and tires and other such resources in farming and ultimately processing the corn into ethanol, the bottom line is that the fuel yielded is 65% greater than the energy expended to produce that fuel. That's like putting $100 in the bank and getting back $165.
Ethanol seems to be catching-on. The number of stations here in Indiana that carry E-85 has quadrupled in just the last few months. It was probably due in large part to the demonstration they gave at the state fair.
Finally, the notion that ethanol production and use wastes fossil fuels is simply wrong. Of all the dozens of studies to the contrary, there has only been one that has shown ethanol production to be wasteful in terms of net energy production. Certainly farmers will consume fuel and tires and other such resources in farming and ultimately processing the corn into ethanol, the bottom line is that the fuel yielded is 65% greater than the energy expended to produce that fuel. That's like putting $100 in the bank and getting back $165.
