12-01-2016, 07:09 PM
(12-01-2016, 08:57 AM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote:Why would I talk UK or Europe when I live in Australia?(12-01-2016, 07:28 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote:I'll watch that one with some interest. It may equally well go the other way. Not normally a betting man, what are the odds? Are you talking UK? Don't know about the EU or UK but for the USA, E is not the answer. Those drivers really wanting to make an impact (journo pun intended) on the use of fossil fuels and emissions will buy a Leaf, Tesla, Prius, or one of many available hybrids. Lexus, Toyota, GM and other auto makers have several models of SUV, up to the Tahoe/Suburban level, that are hybrids and/or Flexfuel compliant.(12-01-2016, 05:57 AM)CB4ME_imp Wrote: Recent political shifts may end the threat of E15 gas at least as a national mandate.I'll watch that one with some interest. It may equally well go the other way.
National sentiment has turned quite solidly against wind power, solar power, and ethanol as being any kind of help long-term.
Then again USA can grow lots and lots of corn, make the ethanol, and ship it to y'all "over there". A world market for corn likker.
Hey, that must be what Kevin was sipping, just a few belts of corn likker to take the edge off!
Your comment assumes we have ethanol in fuel solely because of a shortage of petroleum or political pressure for renewable energy sources. There's an equally good argument, I suspect, that it has less to do with renewables than the protection of US corn growers and Brazilian sugar growers. Who knows? People will buy Priuses and Teslas and whatever, but the ethanol may well keep being added to the gasoline to appease the might of the US farming lobby.
My view is that the future of ethanol in petrol will turn on whoever is the most potent lobby in the US. What happens in the US will affect the rest of the world.
No wonder Kevin has a headache.