No more BP's is North Dakota

[SmitEvo]

SPANISH-RICE;199855 wrote:
i would guess that they would still use it seeing as its 105 octane pump gas. its cheaper than normal gas becuase of the subsidies right now but when its over and theres more places producing it it will be the same price as normal fossil fuels. the only reason most cars get worse gas mileage off of ethanol is that its got 67% the potential energy and the engines that are runngin them are also setup to run gasoline. jack up the compression and add some timing to that same motor( higher octane) and youll get much more power and mileage out of it.
ethanol is also close to a ZERO emissions fuel becuase the plants that are used to make it use up CO2 to grow , and then gives it off when burned. it also lowers our dependacy on foreign fuels. by lowering our use of fossil fuels and using ethanol were also decreasing its demand which can slowy lower the price. not only does it help OUR economy around here, not to mention the fact that the main point of using it is that its RENEWABLE.

its not going to do shit to your lines except clean them (research), theres no reason to hate on ethanol

yes it takes DECADES to ruin rubber lines, I stand corrected. Sorry Tjamz. I agree that it is supposed cleaner and it will lower our demand from other countries for oil by 10%, but it is not worth the cost to produce. Read this article...

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/apr2006/bw20060427_493909.htm

[SPANISH-RICE]

SmitEvo;199859 wrote:
yes it takes DECADES to ruin rubber lines, I stand corrected. Sorry Tjamz. I agree that it is supposed cleaner and it will lower our demand from other countries for oil by 10%, but it is not worth the cost to produce. Read this article...

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/apr2006/bw20060427_493909.htm

not worth the cost to produce? it practically makes it self, the biomass left over after creating ethanol can be burned and used to power the plants that make it, brazil's done it with sugar cane for years. brazil is one of the only countries that is completly fuel independent with its own ethanol production and fossil fuel mining. and in brazil its cheaper to produce sugar cane ethanol and its still very competive in price there, because they care enough about it to actually put some R&D behind it. there just arent enough places making it yet. youll be signing a different tune in 50 years when were practically running out of fossil fuels and you have to pay out the ass for a gallon of fossil fuel. the fact that its more expensive to make NOW should hardly out way the benefits of using a clean burning and RENEWABLE "race" fuel.

[Parker]

dind ding ding!!!! we have a winner!!!

and for those who add the cost of producing corn into the equation of making ethanol.... guess what.... we as farmers are going to produce it and sell it.... no matter who it goes to....

ethanol is the future.... just get used to it

[Guest]

Corn based ethanol is nowhere near as efficient as switchgrass/cane based. I can agree there. Do you honestly think that crude oil isn't subsidized substantially? How about the multi-billion dollar battleships that escort tankers in and out of the Persian Gulf? Protection is a subsidy, even if it is indirect. Add to that the numerous gov't contracts that go to oil companies? For those that say the American farmer should not be subsidized, I think you are crazy! First of all, having a food source grown here is better than being at the will of another country to export it to us....we've already seen what happens when we rely on foreign sources for energy, lets not make that same mistake with food/renewable energy.

[fallguy]

I personally think burning food as fuel for our cars is the wrong direction to take. I'm all for Hydrogen fuel cell technology though. I think that is the answer to our problems. Still will need to make it affordable though. I guess once they figure it out, then a gallon of water will cost $4.00.

[weshole]

If it carries any ethanol, it's labeled as such at the pump. Required by law to state that. Most mid-grade gasoline has it. Such as 89 octane while 87, 90, 91 and up don't. Just look at the pump by the octane rating, it will tell ya.

[bubba]

Parker;199899 wrote:
dind ding ding!!!! we have a winner!!!

and for those who add the cost of producing corn into the equation of making ethanol.... guess what.... we as farmers are going to produce it and sell it.... no matter who it goes to....

ethanol is the future.... just get used to it

I saw an article in one of the new import magazines. I believe it was indy cars that now run E98 for fuel. Its supposed to be better than what they were using before for race gas. The only reason why the aren't running straight ethanol was because it would get taxed under liqour laws and they had to put additives in it to prevent people from drinking it...

[SPANISH-RICE]

they have to "denature" it from the plant once its made so people dont try chuggin the shit. mmm moonshine

[SmitEvo]

SPANISH-RICE;199867 wrote:
not worth the cost to produce? it practically makes it self, the biomass left over after creating ethanol can be burned and used to power the plants that make it, brazil's done it with sugar cane for years. brazil is one of the only countries that is completly fuel independent with its own ethanol production and fossil fuel mining. and in brazil its cheaper to produce sugar cane ethanol and its still very competive in price there, because they care enough about it to actually put some R&D behind it. there just arent enough places making it yet. youll be signing a different tune in 50 years when were practically running out of fossil fuels and you have to pay out the ass for a gallon of fossil fuel. the fact that its more expensive to make NOW should hardly out way the benefits of using a clean burning and RENEWABLE "race" fuel.

In 50 years I would hope that we would not be dependent on fossil fuels and would be utilizing hydrogen fuel cells. You wont change my mind and your entitled to your opinion. With all the farmers changing to corn instead of other crops, it raises the prices on them because of the less supply. Obviously the farmers are going to produce the crop that gives them the best profit margin. So instead of producing more food we produce ethanol. Raises prices of food around the nation. Either way, I will agree to disagree...

[Parker]

as far as im concerened, ethanol makes me more money.... it drives the price of everything up from wheat to beans... so im going to plan ahead to make more money.... and plus hydrogen is quite a ways off, but we should see it more and more in the future.... its just going to be hard to get people away from the pump and into hydrogen powered cars....

but anyway.... horay for money!!!!!!

[bubba]

So Parker...beings you want all of us to use it and it makes u money...do u use it in your vehicles? Just wondering, cuz if u think about it you're getting compensated somehow down the line for driving...

[Guest]

SmitEvo;200021 wrote:
In 50 years I would hope that we would not be dependent on fossil fuels and would be utilizing hydrogen fuel cells. You wont change my mind and your entitled to your opinion.

Hydrogen fuel cells... el, oh, el.

[Guest]

Parker;200026 wrote:
ethanol makes me more money....

Yeah, for now; wait until the subsidies wear off when people start to wake up to the fact that it's a shitty, uneconomical fuel - at best.

[Guest]

reshalghoul;200308 wrote:
Yeah, for now; wait until the subsidies wear off when people start to wake up to the fact that it's a shitty, uneconomical fuel - at best.

Hmmm....shitty....like so shitty that every (correct me if I'm wrong here) car in the Dyno comp at SEMA was running E85? So shitty that many forms of racing use ethanol? Is it the perfect fuel? No, but it is a step in the right direction and a step towards lowering our dependence on foreign oil.....all while helping the AMERICAN farmer in the process.

Wait until oil is not subsidized and the results will be the same for that.

[torbs]

Hydrogen is already here people...Much like E85 was only available in MN, ND, and few midwestern states a few years ago...It's now available in most of the nation...They already have Hydrogen fueling stations in California...Just as MN was one of the starters for using E85, California is the leader for Hydrogen...It wouldn't surprise me if we had Hydrogen fueling stations in Fargo in less than 10 years...Honda already produces a hydrogen powered car for the normal consumer (in California)...

[Guest]

Honda has 2 hydrogen cell cars leased to people in California. With more expected to be released this coming year. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0705/gallery.honda_fcx/index.html

There are a total of 25 hydrogen fueling stations in California right now as well
http://www.cafcp.org/fuel-vehl_map.html

Here is a list of all the hydrogen fueling stations in the country
http://www.fuelcells.org/info/charts/h2fuelingstations.pdf

more info found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle

[SmitEvo]

tjamz;200309 wrote:
Hmmm....shitty....like so shitty that every (correct me if I'm wrong here) car in the Dyno comp at SEMA was running E85? So shitty that many forms of racing use ethanol? Is it the perfect fuel? No, but it is a step in the right direction and a step towards lowering our dependence on foreign oil.....all while helping the AMERICAN farmer in the process.

Wait until oil is not subsidized and the results will be the same for that.

It is great that ethanol is good in race cars, how about regular cars? Do all cars tune themselves? ....the energy to produce ethanol offsets all the benefits. A better alternative will be available and pass over ethanol all together.

[Guest]

Brazil uses ethanol in ALL of their cars and is completely energy independent.

[Parker]

bubba;200053 wrote:
So Parker...beings you want all of us to use it and it makes u money...do u use it in your vehicles? Just wondering, cuz if u think about it you're getting compensated somehow down the line for driving...
yes i run it in my truck... its in our farm gas, which by the way is 92 octane...
the RX7 will be run of E85 also

[Parker]

reshalghoul;200308 wrote:
Yeah, for now; wait until the subsidies wear off when people start to wake up to the fact that it's a shitty, uneconomical fuel - at best.
see the way it works is i get paid for the <u>CORN</u>.... so as long as theres anything to drive up the price of corn... im going to be planting more of it, and making a shitload of money in the process. and by the time ethanol dies out.... i'll be dead and so will my kids.... so for now im justy going to ride the wave....

and plus i have to support ethanol.... my dad is head of an ethanol board :rolleyes:
i should try to get him on here to enlighten this topic