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RE: [T3] Ethanol for sale localy


On 3 Apr 2006 at 22:40, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> You get MORE power from ethanol, That is why it is being
> used by the drag racers, and Indy cars. 

Per gallon, there's less energy content in ethanol, but maybe you can 
pump more of it into the combustion chamber than you can get away 
with using gasoline. Gasoline used to be used at Indy, but it was 
outlawed because of the fire hazard. ISTR that it was brought back 
for a very few years in the '60s but was then outlawed after another 
big crash.

It's often been said that if someone tried to introduce gasoline as a 
new product on the marketplace today, it would never get approval for 
sale to the public. It's just too dangerous.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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