[Coach_Owens87]

Coach, I ran across this article about Ethanol Fuel, earlier today and thought you may want to check it out.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacob...ST0207.pdf

Thats a very interesting article, I knew that Ethanol had some potential concerns, and it's good to see a study done that shows these issues.

Those concerns are very real, but I don't believe ethanol (e85) will ever be a complete replacement for gas. The production of that much ethanol is nearly impossible, and would be an environmental disaster if we tried to produce that amount. I read somewhere that 10 percent of the demand for fuel could be supplied with ethanol. The US produced 4 billion gallons of this fuel last year. And an estimated 30% percent of our nations gas is blended with ethanol, I know that the hazard wal-marts gas station (Murphy USA) blends it gas with 10% Ethanol. Ethanol has it's negatives too, and I believe they should be thouroughly investigated before converting more fuel use. The use of Ethanol is a start in the production of bio-fuels.

Ive read many articles that really praise the use of Butonal. I know that it can be produced from basically the same things as ethanol (sugar cane, wheat etc.) And most ethanol plants could be converted to butanol. A negative for me is the Butanol can be produced from fossil fuels like petroleum. I dont really know as much about the fuel use of Butanol as I should, Ive been trying to research some on it lately, so when I learn more, I will post something about it.