"Magnulus" > wrote in message
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> The problem with ethanol is twofold: ethanol is corrosive and requires
> nickel plating of the fuel injection system to run high ethanol blends (as
> well a computer and sensor to detect ethanol levels and adjust spark
> timing). And corn alcohol distillation is not a very efficient way to
> make
> it. Bio-engineered e-coli bacteria eating cellulose would be much more
> efficient, but then you run into environmentalists oppossing
> bio-engineering.
>

I have no knowledge of biodiesel, does sound cool. However regarding the
corrosive issue, new ethanol blends are blended with anti-corrosive
chemicals that will help.