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Default RE: "Butanol, the new fuel" discussion from DF

I believe that is normal ethanol, just made in a more effective way. My dad (who is knows people on the inside of this research) has been mentioning this for a while. The problem with Ethanol is that it is not practical beyond 10% with the way cars are. 85% gets way worse fuel mileage than it does with gas because the compression is too low to make it practical. It can't be sent in pipelines like gas (which brings up the price). I like Ethanol in 10% and use it religiously, but it isn't the solution no matter how bad I would like it to be (I have farmers in the family). This Butanol sounds like an actual solution. I just what to she how it effects the cars engines.
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