No… It’s not that much cheaper. Hydrogen fuel cells will be what eventually conquers our dependence on gasoline.
techmaster7b June 30, 2009
8:48 am
There is no way that E85 will gain acceptance as an alternative fuel because it has been proven that alchols, including ethanol, damage engines. The 10 percent of ethanol added to fuel now is already decreasing the life of engines, added more will only worsen this. Besides, in order for every car in the U.S. to run on E85 for one year, you would need 11 acres of farmland per car. Which comes out to about 98 percent of the land in the U.S. to be made into farmland. More energy is actually spent making ethoanol then you would recieve from it. It is not worth the time and energy.
E85 is already gaining acceptance, by the big three car manufacturers – GM, Ford, Chrysler. They have already produced some cars and trucks that run on this fuel. The autos are called flex-fuel. For a complete list of compatible automobiles go to
There are also other companies making kits for street cars. One I know of is Tiburon GT with V6. Very effective if yours has an aftermarket supercharger. The fuel is also cheap to make. I have also heard that there will be more and more E85 cars made by year 2009. I hope that this is useful information.
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I think it’s pretty cool, but it will be a long while before it’s accepted.
If it is sold everywhere gasoline is but is cheaper, then it will catch on.
If those collecting the checks,say it will.
No… It’s not that much cheaper. Hydrogen fuel cells will be what eventually conquers our dependence on gasoline.
There is no way that E85 will gain acceptance as an alternative fuel because it has been proven that alchols, including ethanol, damage engines. The 10 percent of ethanol added to fuel now is already decreasing the life of engines, added more will only worsen this. Besides, in order for every car in the U.S. to run on E85 for one year, you would need 11 acres of farmland per car. Which comes out to about 98 percent of the land in the U.S. to be made into farmland. More energy is actually spent making ethoanol then you would recieve from it. It is not worth the time and energy.
E85 is already gaining acceptance, by the big three car manufacturers – GM, Ford, Chrysler. They have already produced some cars and trucks that run on this fuel. The autos are called flex-fuel. For a complete list of compatible automobiles go to
There are also other companies making kits for street cars. One I know of is Tiburon GT with V6. Very effective if yours has an aftermarket supercharger. The fuel is also cheap to make. I have also heard that there will be more and more E85 cars made by year 2009. I hope that this is useful information.