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Old 18 Mar 2006, 07:19 pm
jim beam
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Default Re: Alternative fuels

twfsa wrote:
> BULL SHIT been running ethanol in my 01 CR-V since new no difference in mpg
> than unleaded.
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> Tom


regular gas = 42.7MJ/kg
ethanol = 26.8MJ/kg

denial is not argument. opinion is not fact.

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>>Don W wrote:
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>>>Honda does not seem to recommend anywhere the use of ethanol. Can Honda
>>>reset it's computers etc. to adapt to ethanol?
>>>Or can we just use ethanol in a Honda?
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>>>Don W.

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>>why do you want to run ethanol? it's only got about half the calorific
>>value of regular gas, so instead of getting say 30mpg, you get roughly
>>15mpg. is ethanol fuel half the price to make up for that?

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