Hi Volks,

And it doesn't require corn.... you can use any form of organic feed
stock, including wood waste or municipal waste.

http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2008/01/ethanol23

In Toronto today I just paid 99c/litre for regular unleaded gasoline.
24.1c of that was provincial road tax, and 6% is federal tax. So the
gasoline is about $ 0.69 /liter. which is close to $3/gallon.  It's
kinda amusing how the article suggests that there's no infrastructure
for ethanol distribution.... Can it really be that hard to adapt the
infrastructure already in place to distribute gasoline, with that big
a cost differential??

Now I am wondering what I need to do to my L-jetronic-based fuel
system to make it compatible with E-85? Perhaps a change to
Megasquirt? Right now the 1.7L engine in my westy has 8.1:1
compression; so the improved knock resistance of alcohol would be
worth looking at. Megasquirt perhaps?

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com