"dpb" wrote in message ...
Leon wrote:
Consider me a source. When I use fuels with up to 10% alcohol I
typically get in excess of a 10% drop in gas mileage.
Alcohol does not have the specific energy on a volume basis of gasoline,
true. That's not the same thing at all as a net negative energy balance.
If it work out better I would admit it, from my stand point alcohol is
simply a filler that burns but does not contribute.
If it "burns" it contributes...there's that doggone thermodynamics stuff
again for ya'...
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Yes it burns but if it contributes 10% of what gasoline does and delivers
less for more cost what have you accomplished?