Study Finds Biodiesel Better Alternative Fuel Than E85 Ethanol

Here are more articles about E85 Ethanol.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11174/tech-stuff-ethanol-promises.html

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?article_id=11174§ion_id=4&page_number=7

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?article_id=11174§ion_id=4&page_number=7#flex

E85 actually has worse fuel mileage than regular gasoline, right? Pretty much E85 is a way to compete with the Japanese hybrids, what will happen when the Euro Diesels start coming to the US.

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Definately, the milage goes down by about 30%.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?article_id=11174§ion_id=4&page_number=7

With Biodiesel on the other hand, fuel economy barely drops at all.

David Pimental, a leading Cornell University agricultural expert, has calculated that powering the average U.S. automobile for one year on ethanol (blended with gasoline) derived from corn would require 11 acres of farmland, the same space needed to grow a year's supply of food for seven people. Adding up the energy costs of corn production and its conversion into ethanol, 131,000 BTUs are needed to make one gallon of ethanol. One gallon of ethanol has an energy value of only 77,000 BTUS. Thus, 70 percent more energy is required to produce ethanol than the energy that actually is in it. Every time you make one gallon of ethanol, there is a net energy loss of 54,000 BTUs.

Source: http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm

GO BIODIESEL! Wouldn't it be great when you can use household oil as fuel?

Have anyone watced "Who killed the Electric Car?" I wonder how the US Government and the 7Sisters (Gasoline Companies) would feel, when diesel cars can run on cooking oil.

Also I think Shell is also testing these "alternative" fuels in their European Test City.