Bush's call for "more diesel"

On Mon, 09 May 2005 15:14:39 -0700, Hank > wrote:

>Just a lurker here...
>
>In last weeks Arizona Republic newspaper here in Phoenix they ran an
>article on 20%gasoline/80% grain alchol. It is available in Tucson for
>$1.83/gallon and runs in about 80% of the vehicles on the road without
>any changes. It went on to say that it was even cheaper in the midwest
>where we have an oversupply of grain and it is produced locally.
>
>I have not seen much else on this. Too bad. That would cut back our
>reliance on foreign oil.
>
>hank
Before anyone gets too excited about this (how long have we had
stuff about corn-based alcohol for fuel thrown at us?) why not
find out what it would take to replace even 10% of the U.S. oil
usage by this method?
-Rich