Running on corn
Alternative fuels continue to have an effect on the old-car hobby. Many folks are already worried about the effects that ethanol-blended gas will have on elderly gas lines and seals, and legislation...
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Edelbrock’s E-85 carburetor
Edelbrock’s 600 cfm E-85 carburetor is scheduled to be available in April 2007 In the wake of the past year’s dramatic rise in petroleum costs, many auto enthusiasts are looking more seriously at...
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Corn in da House!
As ethanol use becomes more widespread, old-car enthusiasts will have to modify their cars to protect against the fuel’s corrosive qualities. Many old-car owners are getting worried about the effects...
View ArticleEnvironmental lawsuits block ethanol expansion
So let’s get this straight: Ethanol is supposed to be the gasoline replacement that eases our oil imports and pays a dividend for the American farmer, while at the same time yielding environmental...
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A Fuelish Desire for Straight Gas
I never thought very much about ethanol in gasoline until I started messing with old dirt bikes again. Two of my bikes run poorly on E10 (10 percent ethanol), and I blame the alcohol for making the...
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Legislation: E15 Battle Royale brewing
With additional reporting by Mike McNessor In this corner, in the red trunks: America’s single largest agricultural lobby and associated hangers-on; numerous local boondoggle ethanol plants; and a...
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Open Diff: Ethanol alternatives, and is it really bad?
In my recent post about potential E15 gasoline you had the opportunity to sound off about why you don’t like the stuff. In with those comments, there were also some interesting suggestions on how to...
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Tech 101: Ethanol in gasoline and its effects on collector cars
Photo by FLariviere, courtesy Shutterstock. [Editor's Note: Jim O'Clair's recent post on zinc levels in modern oils led to a discussion in the office about the other fluids we put in our collector...
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Legislation introduced in Congress to suspend sale of E15 gasoline
Photo by Todd Ehlers. The ethanol gasoline blend known as E10 has already caused concern and hesitation, especially among owners of vehicles not designed to run the fuel, and despite the mounting...
View ArticleSpeaking of corny gas
After the post on ethanol content in gasoline the other day, I recalled this photo that Bill Miles sent me a while back. Some online digging revealed that Nebraska entrepreneur (gas station owner) Earl...
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EPA proposes increasing ethanol content in fuel to 30 percent
Photo by FLariviere, courtesy Shutterstock. Less than a year after it approved the sale of E15 – a mixture of 15 percent ethanol with 85 percent gasoline – the EPA has begun to suggest doubling that...
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AACA joins with SEMA, AMA to oppose ethanol in fuel
Photos courtesy SEMA. As gas stations across the country get ready to roll out gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol – and as the EPA has begun to recommend increasing the ethanol content in fuel...
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A brief history of biofuels, from the Civil War to today
Earl Coryell’s Lincoln, Nebraska-based corn-ethanol gas station. Photo courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society. When the price of gas leaps into the stratosphere, we scramble to find alternatives...
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Ethanol faces facts
A 1909 Pierce-Arrow drowning in an endless sea of grain photo courtesy D Traver Adolphus/Hemmings Classic Car The roots of our ethanol industry are complex, but the EPA’s 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard...
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Is the tide turning against ethanol-blended fuels?
Photo by Todd Ehlers. On the surface, it appears as though E15 ethanol-blended fuel, commonly thought to cause substantial harm to all vehicles built before 2001, is here to stay. The U.S. Supreme...
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Senate legislation aims to eliminate corn ethanol from Renewable Fuel Standard
Photo courtesy Oregon Department of Agriculture. Citing the damage that corn-based ethanol does to automobile engines, among other reasons, two U.S. senators have introduced legislation aimed at...
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Federal, state legislation aims to curb ethanol use in gasoline
Photo by BrotherMagneto. Unable to get their anti-corn ethanol legislation included as a rider on an unrelated bill earlier this year, two U.S. senators have now re-introduced it as a standalone bill...
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EPA backs down on ethanol requirements; proposals to eliminate RFS stalled
Photo by Joel Dinda. Long-awaited Renewable Fuel Standard program revisions that the EPA released late last month indicate that while the federal agency has no plans to reverse corn ethanol’s presence...
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Which states require ethanol in your fuel? Fewer than you might think
Earlier this year, Hawaii became the second state to scrap its mandate that all gasoline sold in the state must have a certain amount of ethanol blended into it. Boaters and old-car enthusiasts who...
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