Distribution infrastructure: There are no pipelines to gas stations, just trucks. Regional ethanol production rather than centralized petro refining could actually reduce overall energy usage and impact [factor in costs of oil shipping, pipelines don't grow on trees, either]

GM did come up with this idea, then canned it because they couldn’t sell it. GM has always placed marketing ahead of engineering, it is how they became #1, then #2, and why they are falling fast to the bottom of the pile.

GM and Ricardo are still working on it, as are Delphi and Wayne State U, and Ford and EBS. A lot of people are working on alcohol fuels because of the possibilities, but there is a high and steep PR mountain to climb, and vested interests such as Oil keep adding to the mountain.

Still, I have my doubts about this one. Some of these things really work. Herman Wouk [author, War and Remembrance] had a brother who built a hybrid back in the ’70s. Yes, it worked, and came to nothing. There is not enough room here to post all the woulda-been, coulda-been ideas dating back to Henry Ford and Thomas Edison working together against Rockefeller [THERE is a conspiracy story!] and the cars that might have made a difference if:
1] They got enough investment to mass-produce
2] They got dealers to buy cars to put out there
3] They could get people to buy the cars.
4]They could beat back the critics

GM made efficient cars, so did Ford, Chrysler. Most people didn’t like them [too small, too slow, too 'cheap'] and the people that did like them were concerned about safety. In light of the fact that little is said about how dangerous many SUVs and trucks are, it makes you wonder….

Because of all of this, I don’t doubt their claims that it CAN be done, just the idea that it WILL be done. Those who don’t pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it. [Bye-bye Tesla.]

‘Makes you wonder why GM, with all their billions and all their engineers, didn’t come up with this.’”

They didn’t come up with it because it’s a SCAM, FOOL. Don’t be such naive idiots.

Ethanol distribution is expanding nationwide. The 2000th E85 station opened yesterday. Cellulosic ethanol is on the rise. Several model plants are now open and the first commerical plant will be open by the first quarter of 2010.

A garage inventor, Mr. Douglas Pelmear, now President and CEO of HP2G LLC, an Ohio based engine company, gives us this 110 MPGe 400 HP ethanol engine.

The car is made by President and CEO Peter Collorafi of Revenge Designs Inc., using Pelmear’s HP2G LLC 100 MPGe engine. Revenge Designs Inc. also plans to set-up a network of installation centers to install the engine in your vehicle. If you want more information on this, pull-up the article at “Marketwire”:

Revenge Designs Inc. Signs Agreement with 110 MPGe Engine Company, HP2G LLC

How big is this? It’s a game changer. This engine technology will enable us to replace foreign oil with domestic fuel. This is going to elevate the use of ethanol, and it underscores the significance of the fuel.

Regardless of the fact that ethanol has only 75% of the BTU content, it has other characteristics, like higher octane, faster flame speed, and faster vaporization rate, that can be exploited to outperform gasoline. That’s what this engine does, using turbo-charging, high compression, and computerized timing optimized for ethanol.

Imagine, a high-torque 100 MPGe ethanol engine that can go into pick-ups, tractors, and even long haul trucks. The use of ethanol will be 5 times more efficient than conventional fuels. And domestic ethanol could be used to produce and transport the ethanol feedstock and the fuel itself. This will greatly improve the energy balance of ethanol, the ratio of the energy you get out compared to the energy you put in. If you get out 5 times more MPG, and you use local ethanol to produce and ship ethanol, Indirect Land Use Change will be invalidated.