[Rhodes22-list] E85 fuel

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Guys,
 
There may be problems with using ethanol, maybe not.  The point of the  WSJ 
article is that a country, actually a developing 3rd world country, had and  is 
using ethanol and has weaned themselves from imported oil through it's  use.  
That real world experience should be  hard to rebut.   If Brazil can do it, 
why can't we?  And there may be good reasons why the  Brazil experience is 
unique - but I suspect not.  With a little  R&D maybe we could overcome whatever 
problems were identified.  As  gas ramps through $3/gal, I just offer the 
thought.  I'm open  to  other solutions, but clearly transportation fuels have been 
an  unresolved problem for about 30 years.
 
Dave