Leon wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...
Actually, not really. Alcohol works just fine as an engine fuel for
engines designed for it. The only real significant problems w/ early
passenger cars was in plastics and rubber compounds that weren't designed
to be alcohol-resistant and they dissolved.


Yes the fuel works fine if delivered clean and uncontaminated. If your tank
has water in it as most do, it will mix witht he fuel.



Gasoline fuel "drying" products are essentially alcohol in which water is
soluble so it is picked up in small quantities at a time rather than
coming into the fuel system in sufficient "blobs" as to cause icing and/or
misses.

Yes but these products are used in small quantities. Typically 1/8 to 1/4"
of a gallon to be introduced to 15 - 20 gallons of fuel. Alcohol based
fuels typically have a minimum of 1.5 to 2 gallons of alcohol in 15-20
gallons of fuel.

Current "Dual-fuel" vehicles will run all the way to E85 which is 85%
alcohol, not just E10.

The dissolution of any water w/ the fuel is actually "a_good_thing" (TM)
as compared to gasoline as icing and "water-misses" will be a thing of
the past for them (essentially you have a continuous scavenger).

It does take some care in handling, but that will simply be part of the
infrastructure. I foresee no significant issue on that score.

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