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Are there any engineers here with actual firsthand knowledge? Or are we just going through the usual repetitions of viral online propaganda? The "energy to mas
by jasonzemos 14y ago
Are there any engineers here with actual firsthand knowledge? Or are we just going through the usual repetitions of viral online propaganda?
The "energy to mass ratio" is a straw man. It's a wholly meaningless and propagandist-type figure that people like to repeat. What we really ought to do is load cars with plutonium so their energy to mass ratio is just absolutely stellar, right? I've been running E85 in my 2006 Subaru -- a setup I designed specifically to work at compression and intake temperatures only ethanol is capable of dealing with. If my car ran gasoline in these conditions it would quickly explode.
If the problem with ethanol is economics, let's discuss that. When people mince economics and engineering this way it reminds me of christian scientists or something mincing god and empirical facts. It's just offensive.
- CamperBob2 14y agoI've been running E85 in my 2006 Subaru -- a setup I designed specifically to work at compression and intake temperatures only ethanol is capable of dealing with. If my car ran gasoline in these conditions it would quickly explode. And this tidbit of knowledge is useful to the rest of us how?