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

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To: robert b furman who wrote (2680)	5/12/2008 8:12:38 AM
From: ajtj99	Read Replies (3) of 2801

The flex fuel vehicles are designed to get around CAFE regulations and really are rarely used with E85. Flex Fuel vehicles are exempt from CAFE, so that's why GM was building so many large SUV's and trucks with that capability the past few years. They're not stupid. Fuel cells are a nice concept, but an impossible one to implement due to the delivery infrastructure issues. That's the same reason Ethanol is not a long term solution. Ethanol can't be sent through a pipeline. Unless you can deliver the fuel source in a pipeline or a through a grid, there are inherent inefficiencies that will make it difficult to emerge as a dominant energy source. The Chevy Volt is the car of the future, and the new Toshiba Li-Ion batteries should be able to more than triple the range of the current batteries GM is using. However, it seems either cost or proprietary concerns are precluding GM from working with Toshiba on these. I guess the bigger question is will GM file Chap 11 before the Volt goes on sale.

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