"May Contain up to 10% Ethanol"

1934 NFA was one of the first major intrusions on the Constitution.
It enacted a tax that was clearly NOT for raising revenue,but solely to
make ownership of certain items prohibitive.

 

see who patents the most tech stuff every year.
we also lead in new pharmaceuticals development.

whereas in other countries,people have to wait long for or simply cannot
get procedures readily available in the US.

 

Are there other countries more technologically advanced? I
guess it depends on the gage used, but ISTM, with so much
instant this and that in the U.S., it may lead.

I do think other countries are certainly far more advanced
on other fronts, leaving the U.S. in the dust.

 

I think it is very easy to criticize government leaders.
What is far more difficult is offering to become a
government leader and do better.

 

So guys...thanks for all 63 varied political, philosophical and economic
perspectives.

But to refocus on my original question, WTF did my mileage drop-- starting
with my first half-tank of Ethanol Added and increasingly reduce by about
10% less running on all Ethanol Added-- with everything else fine (tire
pressures, fluid levels, air cleaner, etc., etc.-- and only 9500 miles on
the odometer?

 

According to something I just read:

"ethanol contains about two-thirds the energy content of gasoline,
gallon for gallon.

That means a gallon of pure, corn-based ethanol would reduce mileage
by 30 percent and a 10 percent blend -- as Oregon now requires -- by
about 3 percent. Gasoline can vary a bit, batch to batch, so a drop of
2 percent to 4 percent is a safe estimate, these experts say. "

"Experts" claim 3%, real world consumers claim 10% (according to the
same article) so you're
right on the money as far as getting hosed.

 

Exactly what Sarah Palen did in Alaska.

Next question...

JT

 

That's simple... Ethanol yields less energy than does pure gas..

JT

 

I think I'd trust Palin more than I would either Biden or BHO.
Both of those guys have proven track records;not good.

 

but still has SOME energy content,so 10% in gas is not going to produce a
10% LOSS of energy,but some lesser amount of drop,I suspect less than 5%.

 

And, she is the only one of the four, (including McCain) that has
executive experience.

Her entry into the race has me no longer sitting on the fence..

JT

 

being a military officer gives a person "executive experience".
(leadership and running operations.)
Plus McCain has his long Senate experience.

 

but ethanol is also less dense, so there will be less energy content by
volume as well as chemically.

 

er, solid rear axles? leaf springs?

like ford and chevy and chrysler? dude, we /invented/ lifetime limitation.

only when imported and sold to dumb americans. ever been to germany?
mercedes have plastic seats and "TAXI" signs on the roof.

name a single airbus that's not fly by wire.

concorde, whose technology is used extensively in airbus designs, was
fly by wire in 1969.

that's misleading - that's a single satellite. ariane carries a 9,600kg
payload [that's /two/ satellites] to geosynchronous. the delta iv heavy
can lift more, but with only two launches, and only one successfully,
that's not exactly "operational".

yeah. meanwhile /american/ companies are paying the /french/ and
/russians/ to launch their satellites. that's insane.

 

so are /most/ supersonics - it's a control/stability thing. my point is
that airbus is all f.b.w. boeing, the largest producer in the world, is
only finally getting into it decades later. and that's not leadership.