Pure ICE fuels vs Biofuel vs EVs debate

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Fri 4 Mar 2022 16:50
Pure ICE fuels vs Biofuel vs EVs debate - Engineer Andy

To add to the ongoing debate over the merits (at the moment) of using pure petrol vs 10% ethanol in petrol or just concentrating on EV tech, Jason Fenske over at Engineering Expanined (YouTube) has produced a new video which refers to a new study that suggests biofuels aren't the 'greener' alternative to pure petrol, or at very best (i.e. ignoring the new findings and going on the old data) around 2% better over a near 30 year period.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-yDKeya4SU

Yes, this pertains to the US and using corn, but it may have an impact in many other parts of the world that have been changing over to E5 and now E10.

From what the study looked into, I found it amazing how supposed 'experts' from the EPA etc did not take into account the huge and long-lasting effects of changing over land usage to grow corn to make biofuels.

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Fri 4 Mar 2022 17:51
Pure ICE fuels vs Biofuel vs EVs debate - sammy1

From what the study looked into, I found it amazing how supposed 'experts' from the EPA etc did not take into account the huge and long-lasting effects of changing over land usage to grow corn to make biofuels. """

Apparently 30% of our wheat comes from the East so with this and the re-wilding initiatives it would appear we will need as much agricultural land as possible without growing crops to "burn". The price of bread is already up in the supermarkets

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