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Originally Posted by JackDidley
Go ahead and hate on me but I like ethanol. Not E10 though. E85 burns sooo clean. Octane is very hgh. I do not think you can get spark knock with it. That makes it safe for high compression and spark advance. I used it for 3 years in my Corvette and only stopped due to lack of availability.
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For that application, as long as the mileage (~50%) isn't an issue and the car can take it, ethanol is a great fuel. 105 octane!
Remember, we were originally using ethanol as an Oxygenator, not to save the planet. MTBE was supposed to be poison (as is gasoline!). But we could have switched to ETBE instead which is far less poisonous, cheaper than ethanol, etc. But it was MTBE or Ethanol. MTBE lost the protection from lawsuits, so everyone switched to ethanol for oxygenation. Then the Renewable Fuel Standard came in. And that mandated 10% ethanol everywhere. And the corn farmers want 15%