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Why you should change your vehicle to flex fuel
On Nov 9, 2:01*pm, "........" > wrote:
> Dear Everyone,
> as you know the price of the Oil is more and more increasing, while
> the oil supply is decreasing. Moreover Oil
> is causing wars, terror, oil spills and a lot of greenhouse gases.
> By upgrading your car to flex fuel, you will continue to be able to
> use oil. However you will also have the
> opportunity to use E85, that means more freedom of choice. The
> conversion cost is about 200-250 USD.
> By choosing ethanol, you choose local fuel production, which means
> labour for farmers, labour for enginneers
> and workers in the ethanol plant, labour for transportation. Moreover
> you also help for indirect labour. Since
> the money stays in your country, this money will turn and produce
> indirect labour. Since the farmer will gain
> your additional fuel money, he will buy other things (labour is again
> needed for their production), which in case
> of oil the oil-Sheikhs or their people would do.
> That ethanol production increases the food prices is also not totally
> right, first there is a by-product called
> "distillers dried grains with solubles", which is used as feed for
> livestock, that is also nothing else than
> food. Moreover, by using ethanol, you put pressure on oil prices,
> which has also an important effect on food
> prices. You also give your money for more research (again labour),
> which will yield in higher efficiency of
> production and alternative production methods like cellulosic ethanol,
> which will change the whole equation.
> Again in case of oil this money would be spent for oil rigs, oil-
> infrastructure, but also for weapons to
> defend the oil.
> By using ethanol, you produce less CO2, since it is produced by corn,
> which actually consumed the CO2 in the air
> for its growing. The more people use ethanol, the higher the
> efficiencies will come for production (similar to
> solar cells). The prices will go further down, and much less CO2 will
> be produced during production in the plant.
> Do you know that the production efficiencies already improved 30% ?*
> Another reason for using ethanol is that oil prices will come up
> again, when the barrel price of 150 USD is back
> you will be very happy to have your vehicle converted. The conversion
> also increases the value of your vehicle.
>
> Yours sincerely.
>
> Sources:
> *http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/09/...on-efficiency-
> improves/
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