http://dieselblog.net/2008/02/5-reasons-american-car-manufacturers-want-diesel-to-fail-in-the-us/ Diesel News - Clean, Fuel Efficient, and Fast Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://dieselblog.net/2008/02/5-reasons-american-car-manufacturers-want-diesel-to-fail-in-the-us/#comment-988 5 Reasons American Car Manufacturers Want Diesel to Fail in the US Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:25:41 +0000 http://dieselblog.net/2008/02/5-reasons-american-car-manufacturers-want-diesel-to-fail-in-the-us/#comment-988 [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt 5. The cost to turn a car into a Flex-Fuel or E-85 (85% Ethanol and 15% Gasoline) car is only about $200 for a manufacturer. E-85 is a bit more corrosive to some of the standard rubber and metal parts, but still the cheapest way to go “green”. The problem is ethanol contains slightly less energy than gasoline(whereas diesel has slightly more than gas) and so you need about 20%-30% more fuel running through your injectors for the vehicle to run on E-85 . If you try and run E-85 in a vehicle not [...] […] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt 5. The cost to turn a car into a Flex-Fuel or E-85 (85% Ethanol and 15% Gasoline) car is only about $200 for a manufacturer. E-85 is a bit more corrosive to some of the standard rubber and metal parts, but still the cheapest way to go “green”. The problem is ethanol contains slightly less energy than gasoline(whereas diesel has slightly more than gas) and so you need about 20%-30% more fuel running through your injectors for the vehicle to run on E-85 . If you try and run E-85 in a vehicle not […]

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]]> http://dieselblog.net/2008/02/5-reasons-american-car-manufacturers-want-diesel-to-fail-in-the-us/#comment-990 UriShare - 5 reasons american car companies want diesel to fail Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:57:31 +0000 http://dieselblog.net/2008/02/5-reasons-american-car-manufacturers-want-diesel-to-fail-in-the-us/#comment-990 [...] 5 reasons american car companies want diesel to failIt's easy to see why an American car company profits more from ethanol than it would if it gave consumers ACTUAL efficient cars. Submitted: 3 days ago Category: Entertainment Submitter: RssFeed Website: dieselblog.net Report this link: Click here to report Comments: 0 [...] […] 5 reasons american car companies want diesel to failIt’s easy to see why an American car company profits more from ethanol than it would if it gave consumers ACTUAL efficient cars. Submitted: 3 days ago Category: Entertainment Submitter: RssFeed Website: dieselblog.net Report this link: Click here to report Comments: 0 […]

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