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Old 05-03-2011, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by CWPottenger
You can blame Detroit for Ethanol issues..... When Henry Ford designed the Model T it was designed to run on gas or Ethanol and Ford envisioned Ethanol would be the fuel of choice being renewable, better for environment, and readily available for anyone to get. Detroit went the other way to petroleum based fuels. The Model T got 25-30mpg on either fuel. 100 years later and Detroit is just now getting back to that MPG rating that Henry had to start with....
The Model T didn't get 25-30 MPG with 4 people in it, going 70 MPH, with the air conditioning running...or have any sort of real crash protection for the occupants.

Jason
 
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