Pelosi calls for energy independence

[DennisAJC]

Originally Posted by 0313H3

Even better IMO, it would make the entire Middle East irrelevant. Then they could lose their illusions of grandeur and go back to their camels, caves and mud huts. They only really offer one export, without that they are just like Africa - minus the wildlife.

How well do those vehicles in Brazil perform? Can they get close to the HP generated by petroleum products?

HAHA!!!


The vehicles like I said were specially developed direct from the manufacturer like GM and most Japanese mfgs.

GM is already planning or has introduced Flex-fuel vehicles on most models like Sierras and Tahoes in the US. Apperantly, no noticable change in performance.

[mdoyle]

Flex fuel vehicles have a few items that make them suitable for ethanol based fuels: adjusted range injector feedback & monitoring, alcohol resistant gasketing and lines, and electrically isolated fuel systems.

Ethanol is conductive where regular gasoline and diesel aren't. While ethanol is a viable alternative, performance does suffer considering the BTU output so your mileage is greatly decreased. The yield is usually 75% of gasoline so while ethanol is usually cheaper, the saving is offset.

Brazil is a large producer of ethanol however they are also a big oil producer. There are several massive offshore platform projects under construction for Petrobras that will increase their output by 10% each as they come online.

I was involved with two of these platforms, so knowing their capacity I decided to buy a Hummer