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Ukrainian Ambassador freaks out, telling Elon Musk to ‘F– Off’ after he catually outlines the obvious fair and honest way to peace with Russia on Twitter, without the fake dog-and-pony show by SoCo in politics

[–]sampleusername 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I don't care who is in charge. It's just kind of dumb to insist that the US would be able to forever exert its influence over nations that share a border with Russia. That's as untenable as Russia maintaining control of Cuba, or doing worse and trying to capture Mexico.

It's not possible to have a one world system of supply chains and government that persists through the ages, as we are all hardwired for greed and selfishness, leading to eventual degradation and collapse. And when that happens the first nations to fall away are always those that are furthest from the epicenter of power and closest to the borders of their enemies.

Biden Administration Raised Amount of Ethanol Required in Gasoline from 10% to 15%, Three Predictable Problems Will Surface Soon - The Last Refuge by iamonlyoneman in whatever

[–]sampleusername 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not you that says that heavy crude needs to be shipped in, it's the refineries and the oil companies that are saying it. The U.S. is not equipped to refine all of the light crude that comes from the Permian basin, so it gets sent overseas in exchange for heavy crude that can be used. This is common knowledge in the oil world, yet you act as if you know better?

It's completely irrelevant to this discussion that you have experience in oil fields. Crude oil doesn't go in your gas tank, you need refineries to turn it into gasoline and diesel. And with global supply chain disruptions it's more difficult to source the heavy crude that refineries need, and the price at the pump goes up. Why is this so hard to grasp?

Biden Administration Raised Amount of Ethanol Required in Gasoline from 10% to 15%, Three Predictable Problems Will Surface Soon - The Last Refuge by iamonlyoneman in whatever

[–]sampleusername 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So you're saying that shipping heavy crude from the Arctic circle, Venezuela, and Iraq is somehow cleaner? Burning diesel to send crude halfway across the globe versus transporting grain to distilleries that are often located within tens of miles from the farms?

I should remind you that heavy crude is not a renewable resource. We have to continually drill deeper and further away to meet demand, and there will be a point where all wells stop producing. A smart person would start planning to replace heavy crude with whatever else is available in excess, and right now that happens to be grain. There is no avoiding the collapse of oil infrastructure, so you better get used to the alternatives.

Biden Administration Raised Amount of Ethanol Required in Gasoline from 10% to 15%, Three Predictable Problems Will Surface Soon - The Last Refuge by iamonlyoneman in whatever

[–]sampleusername 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

All these anti ethanol articles are stupid. Refineries can't process the light crude that comes from U.S. wells, so you either pay through the nose to import heavy crude, or you can brew ethanol and biodiesel from the excess grain that normally gets exported.

Yes Karen, the United States has plenty of excess grain. It does not take food from your table to turn that excess into fuel.

Support your local farmers and buy domestic fuels. It's the American thing to do.

Hanlon's Razor is being tested here. Biden administration to raise Ethanol amounts in gasoline, will cause more refineries to close. by iamonlyoneman in news

[–]sampleusername 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Reduced efficiency compared to what? High octane means faster acceleration and less time in high RPMs, and more time spent in cruising or idle RPMs. And, more importantly, why would that matter if the gas prices fall in response to blending more ethanol? The problem we are aiming to solve is making the energy cost lower, so how does it make sense to keep shipping in heavy crude from overseas at a time when we cannot produce it domestically? Gasoline and diesel are non renewable resources, but ethanol literally grows out of the ground. Arguments around energy density might make sense if gasoline were available in excess, but that is no longer the case.

How do you propose we solve the problem of high fuel costs when the primary source of heavy crude is Saudi or Russian? Are you going to pay to renovate the refineries, or would it be more prudent to just ferment a bunch of corn that grows naturally across the Midwest anyway? Chances are that the White House has already weighed the options, and chosen the most economically feasible option. Presuming that you know better than the Biden administration is quite the leap of faith, given that they have all of the information, and you have only your personal anecdotes and hearsay from social media.

Hanlon's Razor is being tested here. Biden administration to raise Ethanol amounts in gasoline, will cause more refineries to close. by iamonlyoneman in news

[–]sampleusername 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How does ethanol increase pollution? With gasoline and diesel, you have to burn a ton of diesel transporting the heavy crude from overseas, then refine it, and then burn more diesel to transport the finished product to the gas station. Ethanol can be produced anywhere and only needs to travel from the farm to the distillery to the pump, a much shorter distance.

If you want to talk about the environment, you need to consider all the energy it takes to get the fuel to the gas station in the first place. Focusing solely on tailpipe emissions is the same sort of bogus logic that is presented when EV proponents want to brag about how green they are, completely glossing over all the energy spent in mining and building the cars.

Hanlon's Razor is being tested here. Biden administration to raise Ethanol amounts in gasoline, will cause more refineries to close. by iamonlyoneman in news

[–]sampleusername 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ethanol doesn't wear parts faster, it actually reduces knock and dissolves the fuel deposits left behind by gasoline. It's the simplest fuel you can make since it can be distilled from any wine, beer, or spirit, and occurs naturally in all sorts of rotting plant matter. Prohibition couldn't stop the brewing of alcohol as it was simply too easy and accessible to everyone, so the government decided to place heavy restrictions on distilling instead, which put an end to making ethanol fuel at home. Of course this wasn't really an issue to most consumers at the time since gasoline was considerably cheaper and more available anyway.

Today nearly all cars with fuel injection can safely run ethanol blends up to E99 without replacing any lines or seals. The only difference between a regular car and a Flex Fuel car is that the Flex Fuel has additional injector mappings that activate when the O2 sensor detects running lean, so that it injects more fuel as required for these higher octane blends. Your car already adjusts the fuel trim to account for when gas stations change up the octane levels during summer and winter, you just need to add the mappings for blends up to 105 octane.

In any case, ethanol is locally produced in the U. S. of A., and unlike heavy crude it doesn't need to travel across the ocean before reaching your tank. Gasoline and diesel are going up in price primarily because most of our refineries are not built for the light crude that comes out of the Permian basin. There is no such problem with distilling ethanol, we have plenty of equipment and can easily convert existing breweries to meet the need.

Have a nice day.