Ethanol is a hoax?

Yep, old news. The ethanol route is the least painless for Americans so naturally Bush chose to pursue that method (and coal for god's sake). The only real thing that will happen is that it make grains very expensive for the next few years.

I cannot respond to all of this, as I have not researched it, but I can tell you from our own experience what we have found. We use an ethanol blend gasoline, and have for about two years. It costs us the same or less than regular unleaded fuel. My husband keeps very accurate records of our fuel mileage as he has been trying to find good additives that we would use to help us and sell to help others. (I can tell you about that) We are driving a 1991 Mercury Capri. We had ranged from 25 mpg. to 29 mpg. when we were not trying to get good fuel mileage. Right now we are getting 45 miles per gallon of gasoline that is part ethanol. The car runs great, no problems with it. No extra corrosion. We plan to keep on using it as long as it is available. We also plan to keep on using the newest fuel additive.

It would not surprise me if what we have heard about Ethanol being a hoax. It seems like gas burns much faster now since they started using ethanol. It seems like I am pumping gas more often than before they started using it. I think the use of ethanol is another way of them trying to rip us off. Even though I bought a new car, I have been taking the bus to work more lately. It is hard to believe anything we hear about gas or anything else lately.

In the U.K. they are possibly going to introduce Biothethanol mixed with ordinary unleaded petrol (gas), probably starting at 5%, and increasing gradually to 20% which most U.K. cars are reputed to be able to use. 5% ethanol is already available in some petrol stations see http://www.britishbioethanol.co.uk/IsolatedStorage/94175874-67b5-4c33-9f38-380233f14049/ContentAssets/Documents/Bioethanol/Media/PR05033UKSFIRSTSUPERFUELHITSTHEPUMPS_1.pdf, it is also reputed to be more efficient, and give more power than ordinary unleaded petrol.

How interesting, one thing that was not brought up in your article was the fule emissions, and the waste that is involeved making ethanol. Is there much wast involved in the making of ethanol or is it turned into compost. One good thing about ethanol is you can build factories all over the place, you do not have to pump it everywhere like you do crude oil. Ethonal is a renewal product where crude oil is not.

Hi, the news about ethanol being a "hoax" is already old news, but some of the facts that you stated are deceiving and incorrect in some ways. First of all, Ethanol is MORE THAN 30% less efficient than gasoline and petroleum (octane). I study chemistry in high school so i would know =D Ethanol is an EXTREMELY controversial topic both economically and politically. Since the glucose is extracted from plants such as corn and sugar cane, those farmers pay a huge sum towards government's election funds and therefore these governments tend to be biased towards these farmers and give them good prices, more than what they are worth. However, using pure ethanol in the future as fuels for cars in inevitable because petroleum is going to run out in the next few decades!! The person you said "paul R. Hollrah" said that ethanol can't be transported through pipeline or something, BUT OUR DAILY NEEDS FOR WATER IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINES!! so him saying the water causes rust in pipes and so on is invalid, the water content CAN BE reduced through fractional distillation. It is very true that ethanol does pose damages to cars engine and that is why special engines made to run on ethanol is being made! Here are some facts: Ethanol's heat of combustion (per mole) - 1644.4 kJ/mole Octane's heat of combustion (per mole) - -5508.9KJ/mole see the difference? its more than 30%. However, until some other close substitute is invented/found like running cars on sea water or something like that =D, ethanol would be the way to go in the future.

I don't think it is a hoax, just because I know the oil companies are afraid of losing their profits. This is doable and they just need to think outside the box to address any difficulties that might/probably are about. Also to point fingers at Archer would put pressure on them perhaps. We must do something since the oil will not last forever. We can do alot if we work together and get greed hogtied. Don't take these folks that have a history of lying in the first place as gospel. Sorry for that! You need a discerning eye when you see these reports and learn all you can about the topic to form you own opionion. I will make my own fuel someday, it has been done on farms before and I can do it too. I hope I can teach others and we will break free form these oil companies finally. Good luck reading these articles in the future.

This is some interesting information, and definitely leaves me wondering too. I think that maybe we all should do some more research.

These factors were already considered when the law promoting ethanol was enacted. Certainly, there are some experts who are saying that ethanol is not the solution to fuel problem we are facing. On another note, I think there is a question of ethanol being a competitor for one of our source of food and derivatives: corn. Well, as they say, there are always two sides into a story and in every innovation there will be people who will caution and question the same thing. All because there is never a perfect technology.

Wow, and I thought that ethanol was going to be a blessing. Guess not:(

Taxpayer-funded subsidies and tariffs are a valid concern, I believe. Also the rise in food prices; corn, other crops, livestock and poultry. Hardest hit are the poor, as staples are converted to ethanol production for the privileged.