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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
So burn the oil in plants instead.
Better to turn it into electricity for a car at a remote area, than burn and exhaust it at 6 inches from the ground in our vehicles where we live and try to breathe. It's still worth it.
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I looked into converting my car solely to E85 a few years ago to take advantage of how cheap it was and how much higher the octane rating is (I want to say it's like 114 or around there if I remember correctly) but I just couldn't find somewhere close enough that had a pump, and it wasn't feasible to store a bunch of 55gal drums in my garage.
It is a lot cleaner, a lot cheaper, and would have only cost around $1000 bucks to get started and is obviously a lot better for the environment than burning regular fuel.
Only downside is you burn about 1/3 more fuel on average than you would with regular fuel.
I think that would be a nice progression into full electric but I doubt we'll see enough pumps selling straight E85 to make it work.