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Non-Tech : $2 or higher gas - Can ethanol make a comeback?

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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (1418)	7/14/2006 10:13:07 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) of 2801

<<The only way ethanol can compensate for it's low energy content is by taking advantage of its high octane to burn it in engines with higher compression ratios, >> That's why E85 isn't the answer. If they upped the compression then if someone burned straight gas or E10 the engine would blow up.

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