The reasoning behind rejecting biofuels is that they enable the continuation of internal combustion engines and all of the pollution from crankcase oil being burned, expensive repairs and maintenance such as oil changes etc. Ethanol made from corn mainly uses the starch component which is barely used in human foods or feedstocks therefore it’s unlikely that utilizing corn to make bio fuels does much harm to populations that have a hard time feeding themselves. Also food grade corn is usually not used, a variety used for animal feed is grown and it is rarely consumed by humans although things like tortillas shells and Fritos are made with “cow corn.” https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_production.html
On Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:11 AM, Jürg Wyttenbach <[email protected]> wrote: Frank In the USA E80 mostly is made from corn. So while you drive you potentially consume the meal of an African family. Corn prizes did double since USA makes corn bio fuel. Even worse are blue diesel. The infamous word add-blue just hides that you consume the fertilizer(ammonium) other countries urgently would need... If you want to be renewable then buy an electric car or look for a fuel cell car that can run with wind-hydrogen (just starting). J.W. On 13.05.2021 13:51, Frank Znidarsic wrote: My old car took E80 gasoline my new one does not. I see that the local gas pumps now have auto diesel and E80 was removed. What happened? E80 was renewable. Frank Z -- Jürg Wyttenbach Bifangstr. 22 8910 Affoltern am Albis +41 44 760 14 18 +41 79 246 36 06
