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As relatively clean burning renewable fuel, it was supposed to be the way of the future. Especially for a country like Australia with our huge fuel-security issues.
Yet it seems to have been forgotten about? Has everyone just assume that coal-powered battery vehicles will completely take over?
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We'd rather pay $2/L+ for fuel rather than look for viable alternatives because 'too hard basket'. Brazilian market has a huge E85 market, and all their vehicles are flexfuel capable. Quote:
Pretty sure we are capable of growing sugar cane in Australia and other grains capable of producing ethanol based fuels. Its amazing how third world corrupt and crime ridden shitholes like Brazil can do this sort of stuff, and we're incapable of anything that involves getting up off the couch because the AFL is on. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; Yesterday at 06:31 PM. |
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It's still here - east coast, anyway, dunno about Perth though.
Manildra still make it here in Oz. https://www.manildra.com.au/product/ethanol/ Geelong has a couple of E85 bowsers still. E10 still available as a fuel, the 94 octane one was the best imo In the 2nd handy market there are quite a few cars that will run on E85 eg Some VEII, all VF MY14, some Craptivas if any still exist, Jeeps with Pentastar 3.6 roughly 2011-13. Those are factory flex fuel tunes. This group have conversion kits for all sorts of recent motors including GM Ecotec, hybrid Toyotas, and the Barra in some models: https://eflexfuel.com/en And there's a big tuning scene for it - of which I don't know much about. SO there remains a clean and green alternative using existing technology. **Bonus: Going old school, for the carby guys: https://journeytoforever.org/biofuel...nol_drane.html and for the moonshiners (be aware of gov rules in Australia) https://journeytoforever.org/books/e...ill-manual.cgi Good book: https://www.whiskeyhillfarms.com/alcohol-can-be-a-gas/ Take 20% of that ethanol and cut into vegetable oils for biodiesel https://www.scribd.com/document/2037...-the-Fuel-Tank SO If we are ever cut off by sea from our fuel imports, and cut off from further batteries and parts from our biggest electric car supplier - or just want green motoring, you know what to do. **Bonus: two other things we could do: NW shelf natural gas into CNG in diesels; Gippsland coal into Fischer Tropsch coal to diesel tech - if we were ever completely stuffed for liquid fuels.
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A guy I worked with had a VE Series 2 3.6 and the first time he filled up with E85 the car ran very poorly.
He took it to the dealer, told them the symptoms only happened after filling up with E85. They drained the fuel system refilled it with ULP,, was advised to stay away from E85. |
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Ford US has offered flexfuel vehicles to their market for decades, and same in the US market. |
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LPG is a pet peev of mine, but I understand that you really need a completely different setup (eg ecoLPi) plus the infrastructure in servos, plus people are afraid of different bowser handles.
Biodiesel and HVO are too dependent on food oils. But cars capable of running on e85, instead of 98, should just be a matter of tune (that modern ECUs can handle in their sleep) and a few different components. IIRC weren't the latter Holden V6s designed to run on e85? Quote:
Northern Australia has heaps of potential, cos all your need is water and sun Plus ethanol can be brewed from just about anything, including wheat byproducts, vegetables, beets, etc.
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