The rumors were true!!!!!!!!!!!

sprntr · 10/24/12, 11:26 PM

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

Ethanol combustion in an internal combustion engine yields many of the products of incomplete combustion produced by gasoline and significantly larger amounts of formaldehyde and related species such as acetaldehyde.[74] This leads to a significantly larger photochemical reactivity that generates much more ground level ozone.[75] These data have been assembled into The Clean Fuels Report comparison of fuel emissions[76] and show that ethanol exhaust generates 2.14 times as much ozone as does gasoline exhaust.[citation needed] When this is added into the custom Localised Pollution Index (LPI) of The Clean Fuels Report the local pollution (pollution that contributes to smog) is 1.7 on a scale where gasoline is 1.0 and higher numbers signify greater pollution.[citation needed] The California Air Resources Board formalized this issue in 2008 by recognizing control standards for formaldehydes as an emissions control group, much like the conventional NOx and Reactive Organic Gases (ROGs).[77]

And this says nothing about the additives put in the Ethanol to render it unfit to drink.

steiny

10/24/12, 11:26 PM	#61 Re: The rumors were true!!!!!!!!!!!
sprntr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,044	From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol Ethanol combustion in an internal combustion engine yields many of the products of incomplete combustion produced by gasoline and significantly larger amounts of formaldehyde and related species such as acetaldehyde.[74] This leads to a significantly larger photochemical reactivity that generates much more ground level ozone.[75] These data have been assembled into The Clean Fuels Report comparison of fuel emissions[76] and show that ethanol exhaust generates 2.14 times as much ozone as does gasoline exhaust.[citation needed] When this is added into the custom Localised Pollution Index (LPI) of The Clean Fuels Report the local pollution (pollution that contributes to smog) is 1.7 on a scale where gasoline is 1.0 and higher numbers signify greater pollution.[citation needed] The California Air Resources Board formalized this issue in 2008 by recognizing control standards for formaldehydes as an emissions control group, much like the conventional NOx and Reactive Organic Gases (ROGs).[77] And this says nothing about the additives put in the Ethanol to render it unfit to drink. steiny