Bob from ALAMN’s Recent Comments

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  Last Word

  Gee, I've been "fisked" in Gristmaill. My poor little E85-loving heart is breaking...(smile).

  Nothing wrong with informed debate on the pros and cons of cleaner fuels. We welcome your thoughts, as I hope you welcome information on our hand-on experience of actually testing and using E85, in the lab, on the road and in the marketplace.

  A thought: have anyone else here (other than me) actualy used E85?

  Despite the objections of Mr. Dikkers, E85 use and infrastucture in the upper Midwest has grown quickly in recent years, including in his home state of Wisconsin. This trend will likely continue in 2007. I'm sure we will speak about this again.

  Till then, keep it green, folks.

  Bob from ALAMN www.CleanAirChoice.org

  On Let's wonk it out posted 2 years, 9 months ago 28 Responses

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  Bogus, Part II

  Re-reading the interview, I note Terry raised some of the same points I did. We at ALAMN don't say that ethanol can replace all petro (that's nuts), but we sure would like to see all of the FFVs on the road that CAN use E85 to be filled with a clean air choice instead of gas.

  Bob from ALAMN www.CleanAirChoice.org

  On Let's wonk it out posted 2 years, 10 months ago 28 Responses

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  Bogus?

  "The whole "support corn ethanol so we're 'ready' when cellulosic arrives" argument is bogus."

  How so? Will the market for cellulosic ethanol instantly create itself? The wholesalers? The blenders? The truck and rail transportation?

  How about the vehicles? When cellulosic ethanol is ready, will the vehicles and pumps be there? After 100 years of gasoline, will American drivers accept an alternative fuel? How much will it cost?

  Please explain. Seriously, if you or anyone else has this all figured out, have tested it somewhere and it works, please let me know.
  

  Bob from ALAMN www.CleanAirChoice.org

  On Let's wonk it out posted 2 years, 10 months ago 28 Responses

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  Whose side are you on?

  "Even were the truck to run all the time on E85, it would still burn 61% as much gasoline (in the form of the 15% gasoline contained in E85) as a Honda Civic hybrid would running exclusively on gasoline."

  Let's get this straight -- the pickup uses 39 percent LESS gasoline than the hybrid, and that's supposed to be a bad thing? Look, if many American drivers are going to choose large pickups and SUVs anyway (and we all know they do), isn't it a good thing that they can use a cleaner-burning, largely renewable fuel?

  Here in Minnesota (where we have more than 300 public E85 outlets) many farmers, ranchers, construction workers, etc. need those larger vehicles. Sure, I want to see smaller, more efficient FFVs -- in fact, I want to see a plug-in hybrid FFV on the market soon -- but in the meanwhile, what's wrong with making some of the big vehicles on the road (and showrooms) now a little "greener?"

  Bob from ALAMN www.CleanAirChoice.org

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  American Lung Association of MN supports E85

  ...because it is cleaner burning than gasoline.

  Perfect fuel? No.

  Better and cleaner burning than gasoline? Yes.

  Practical and available today? Yes.

  Minnesota drivers use more biofuel than any other state. We have more E85 pumps (200!), the nation's only biodiesel mandate and our biofuel program is growing.

  The American Lung Association of Minnesota strongly supports this effort. See more at our dedicated website:

  www.CleanAirChoice.orgOn Ethanol is suddenly all the rage in D.C. and Detroit posted 3 years, 8 months ago 18 Responses