Hi Jim,

Here in Canada the gov't is pushing to increase the alcohol content of 
our fuels. Adding 10% more ethanol to the blend frees up 10% of the 
refinery capacity to produce more gasoline. The target is to get to 30% 
overall within the next few years, which will reduce the current load 
on refineries by about 20%.

The bad news is that alcohol as an additive burns hotter and produces 
less power than gasoline. My air-cooled buses are going to hate that.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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On 5-Mar-05, at 7:16 PM, jimt wrote:

> Our refineries in the
> US are pushed to right at max output with demand right behind them.  
> One
> refinery takes an unscheduled drop for maintenance and we have major
> difficulty in gasoline supply or other products.
>
> A major refinery corp stated that with todays pushes for alternative 
> fuels,
> building more refinery capacity is a gamble they don�t want to take.
> Instead they are themselves investing in alternative fuels technology
> research.