2000 "X" run on E85

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Mar 25, 2007 | 01:31 AM

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You need to burn about 20% more as there is less energy in it compared to an equal amount of gasoline. It is supposed to be more then 20% cheaper to buy though. Supposed to be, used to be, now its approaching the price of regular gas! That’s the problem, the government allowed big oil to make excuses and do this.

Yes I know. Think we should look in the direction of vehicle efficiency instead of alternative fuels. If an engine was 100% efficient everyone would get 3x the fuel mileage because engines are only 25 - 35% efficient. They waste most of the energy that fuel stores by turning it into heat due to the vehicle not being very efficient. That’s why engines get so hot.

Some automobile manufacturers try to say their vehicles are efficient and they turn most of the potential energy stored in the fuel into kinetic energy to move the vehicle, but that’s all BS. If it was true you wouldn’t need 5 different types of coolers on the vehicle and massive fans and what not. Its simple physics, they get hot because they are inefficient. Vehicle actually are more efficient as heaters then as a device that turns potential energy into kinetic energy because they produce more thermodynamic energy then kinetic energy.