Gas Prices

[illz]

2 or 3 years ago ecoli told me about a guy he knew around here that ran e85. said he had to dump a ton of extra gas to run at similar power levels, but i believe the story ended in the guy blowing his motor so he didn't have much more to report. it's been forever, but maybe e still knows the guy

[LightningGSX]

With a well thought out E85 setup, you'd only be using 25%-30% more fuel.Alcohol fuels have others benefits as well, JET mentioned some.Bottomline- 80 cents a gallon for 95-105(seasonal) octane E85 vs. $2.20 for 92 octane gas makes it definately worth a try(for me at least)

[JET]

Actually the E85 only runs $.10 - $.20 cheaper than regular gas. That $.85/gal thing over the weekend was just a promotion for the weekend. There is talk about adding more E85 incentives, so you may see the price drop on it in the future.

[1991-talon-fan]

My physics class had the idea to run cars off of compressed hydrogen. I wonder how that would work?

[LightningGSX]

Originally posted by 1991-talon-fan@May 25 2004, 11:57 PM
My physics class had the idea to run cars off of compressed hydrogen. I wonder how that would work?
I've heard of vehicles using hydrogen as a supplement to increase gas mileage, but I don't think it would be too practical as the main fuel.It would be great though, since all you have to do is throw a couple of electrodes into water to produce it.

[LightningGSX]

Originally posted by JET@May 25 2004, 05:00 PM
Actually the E85 only runs $.10 - $.20 cheaper than regular gas. That $.85/gal thing over the weekend was just a promotion for the weekend. There is talk about adding more E85 incentives, so you may see the price drop on it in the future.
I heard it was 80 cents a gallon on the news the other night, I didn't realize it was just a promotion.Anyway, from reading info on the various Corn Growers Associations websites, I get the impression the price has no where to go but down.

[illz]

Originally posted by 1991-talon-fan@May 25 2004, 11:57 PM
My physics class had the idea to run cars off of compressed hydrogen. I wonder how that would work?
ask all the survivors of the hindenburg

[Matt D.]

Originally posted by illz+May 26 2004, 02:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (illz @ May 26 2004, 02:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-1991-talon-fan@May 25 2004, 11:57 PM
My physics class had the idea to run cars off of compressed hydrogen. I wonder how that would work?
ask all the survivors of the hindenburg [/b][/quote]
Oh, the humanity! :ohmy:

[MATCHBX]

Anybody notice the drop in gas prices over the past few days? I think it's dropped about 20 cents in the past week. So now everyone can quit their bitchin!!! It's down to $1.97 for 87 octane now here in Burnsville. Granted we can't run that but ours is down in price as well.

[AJ]

yeah the amaco off 212 / 62 was 1.99 this morning and the SA down the street was 2.07 still. Gas will just be like this all summer. Up and down, up and down. Like a good girl