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| ieezitin:
Lads.. Here in the States our gas (petrol) has a federally mandated rule that ethanol 10% per volume has to be blended per gallon of gasoline, they call it E10. This was derived from the Corn Belt states in the Mid-west to drive up demand for corn which worked and now all major car manufactures have in the last 12 years manufactured there vehicles to comply with this doctrine, the engines work fine on this ratio mixture for fuel and pollution emissions have remarkably been reduced. In the states our average Mile Per Gallon ratio has increased to 36MPG, I do not know if this is a result of blending the gas it’s just a fact. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in the last week is now trying to mandate that is should be as high as 15%, despite ignoring calls from the public and manufacture’s cry’s saying it is not viable for the engines to function on this blend due to a mechanical wall of the motors. Here is my two part question….. Does Europe and Australasia have the same rule for blended gasoline using Ethanol? If so what is the percentage. It’s a fact the the UK average has a value of 56MPG, Why? I know that Europe has American made cars and shared technologies, why such a variance? Anthony. |
| DavidA:
Anthony, Our gallons are 20% bigger than yours, 4.54 Litres. Dave. |
| andyf:
I don't know about the rest of Europe, but ethanol isn't added to UK petrol/gas as far as I'm aware. I wish the US would stop doing it; due to recent bad harvests around the world, the price of grain is rising and with it the price of bread etc! Andy |
| ieezitin:
Andy You are 100% correct. the price for corn products in Mexico, central, and south America has risen by 15%. North America is responsible for 45% of the world market for corn. This is why i am asking the question. Here in the States all farmland is (eyed) Meaning you can only farm by insured or un-insured crops, insured means the government will pay a given price of the life of the crop, weather its bad or good at time to market, un-insured means you are at will of the market at any given time if there is a natural disaster no relief will be available. Corn was for the last 15 years insured heavy... the farmers dont care where the crop goes as long as they cover there bets, the result has been that corn has been directed to fuel production hence the countries that depend on corn products from the USA have to pay higher prices. Anthony. |
| RodW:
--- Quote from: ieezitin on May 30, 2013, 06:18:57 PM --- Does Europe and Australasia have the same rule for blended gasoline using Ethanol? If so what is the percentage. --- End quote --- Yes we have E10 here in Aus. It was driven by our state government who mandate it in their fleet but a lot of E10 pumps have been removed by the service stations so it must not have taken off. Do I use it? no, I drive a diesel ... I don't put it in my wife's car either which is compatible with E10. It is a lower octane fuel and while it costs less, the costs work out similar as fuel economy is worse. So at the pump we have a lineup of E10, 92 octane, 95 octane and even 98 octane fuels in some servos. From what I understand, there is some fairly heavy subsidisation of your farm sector (and in Europe) and none in ours. we used to haev a vibrant sugar industry in our state but most of that has gone due to globalisation, and the inability to compete with subsidised sugar sources from European sugar beet growers and under developed countries so not much benefit to the Aussie farmer. |
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