chuck1955, you obviously haven't taken into consideration that a gallon of ethanol in a fuel tank can deliver more energy than there is in the fuel in the tank...that's ethanol science from turtle to explain why more expensive is actually less expensive.
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
If you had any engineering or technical background at all, you would understand. That goes for clevy too. I don't know how to take this stuff down to 3rd grade level.
You don't understand that for a gallon of gasoline some percentage is converted to work, and the rest is waste in the form of incomplete combustion, waste heat, friction, etc? You can't as easily lean gas out to 20/1 or more to get a more efficient burn and resulting more complete conversion of gasoline to energy. A fuel like ethanol might be able to burn much leaner thus converting more of the product to energy. I envision a lean burn mode kicking in when the cruise control is on or something similar.
example
1 gal gas = x btu
1 gal ethanol = .7x btu
if gas conversion is 60% we have .6 btu work
if ethanol conversion is 90$ we have .9*.7 btu = .63 btu
do you understand where I'm headed with this?
See, simple math coupled with made up science, and pigs can fly at a lower cost.