Re: Why is the supply of E85 fuel so tightly controlled?

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>, c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
says...
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
> >Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:
> 
> >> Last night I met up with the person who has the very first 2008-built
MY08
> >> Saab 9-3 BioPower car sold in Australia. That car has the capability
to run
> >> on ethanol blend fuels up to 85 percent ethanol (aka E85), however I
was
> >> very amazed when he was telling about how E85 can't be purchased from
the
> >> small number of outlets that stock it around Australia without
'registering'
> >> on a federal government database, and service stations that do have
it will
> >> deliberately lie when you ask them about it if your vehicle is not
> >> registered in this database!
> 
> >Perhaps you can provide some evidence of this ?
> 
> Of the 'database'? The owner of the bio-power 9-3 had a phone call
directly
> from someone who's a techincal expert from Brazil brought to Australia
by
> Manildra to help set up the process of producing E85 fuel.
> 
> He arranged with the person who owns the car in question to register
them on
> the database and now he can legally buy E85 from any Australian outlet
that
> stocks it. The guy from Brazil is living somewhere close to where the
owner
> of the bio-power 9-3 lives on the northern beaches area. Seeing as it's
the
> very first 08-buily my08 bio-power 9-3 to be sold in Australia, it's
> currently a unique vehicle! 
> 
> I didn't know E85 was even available in Australia yet, but clearly it
is.
> Why it's not legal to buy without 'approval' is still a mystery. I
believe
> it's due to the excise issue. I bet once more manufacturers start making
> cars that run on high-pro****tional ethanol fuels things will change (and
the
> price of ethanol fuel blends will rise).
> 
> Craig.
> 
Probably because E85 will toasr any engine not made to run on it. 

Al
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