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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Green biofuel addition gets thumbs down from German motorists German motorists could end up paying more at the pump for the botched introduction of E10 biofuel, as petroleum firms are reportedly are preparing to pass on the costs to customers. Uwe Franke, the head of BP Europa, told the Friday edition of the Essen-based Wesdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung daily that gasoline producers faced large penalties if they did not stick to government quotas for E10. The petrol with 10 percent ethanol has been widely shunned by drivers in Germany since its introduction in January. “The costs for missing the quota will likely cost the industry between €300 and €400 million,” said Franke, adding petrol companies would have little alternative but to charge customers more. E10 was supposed to be introduced across Germany this year, but petrol station chains like BP’s Aral stopped after many motorists refused to buy the new biofuel. Some were afraid the new gasoline, meant to reduce CO2 emissions, might damage their engines, while others took issue with its minor reduction in fuel efficiency. In June, only one out of seven German drivers was reaching for E10 at the pump. DAPD/The Local/mry From among comments: After studying the fuel injectors of many vehicles that have consistently used the E10 fuel, I can honestly say that the fuel causes wear to the O-rings on fuel injectors faster than super unleaded does. Granted these o-rings are not expensive, but are a challenge for a mechanic to replace, which means that LABOR charges will be extreme. The fuel itself really causes no more wear to other parts than super does. But what I do know is that fuel economy with E10 is HORRIBLE. If you want to fill up with E10, fine. Just remember that the fuel burns 10 times faster than Super unleaded. E10 lacks the octane that normal gasoline has. This is why when you fill up with Shell V-Power 100, your gasoline economy increases tremendously. The price for the higher octane fuel is more, but you benefit from it. E10 won't ever reach popularity in Europe since its fuel economy benefit is 0. If everyone in Germany would boycott the E10 fuel, more gas stations would stop offering it. It provides no benefit to the consumer, only a minimally lowered price, which anyone who has used it knows, it is not worth it because your automobile will drink the biofuel FAST. #8 marimay When you drive a high performance vehicle the inferiority of E10 is quite apparent. What compete idiots! As was reported in Scientific American and elsewhere, the use of ethanol in gasoline does NOT reduce CO2 at all, when the production of it is taken into account. The fermentation process (first step in ethanol's production) releases massive amounts of CO2. The next step -distillation- requires huge amounts of heat which is supplied by either burning natural gas, or often coal. MORE CO2! When the above is taken into account, together with ethanol's lower energy density (resulting in worse fuel consumption and more E10 used), the result is that using E10 results in the same or even worse CO2 emissions than simply burning gasoline. None of this takes into account the fuel system damage that can be caused by water absorbed by ethanol, as well as damage to some fuel system materials caused by ethanol. For example, my BMW motorbike has needed the fuel level sensor in the tank replaced twice already (at a cost of $300 each time) because of ethanol damage. Once again, the green fools have shot themselves in the foot! PhoenixW2 Is this the 'biofuel' that - - they fell millions of hectares of primary rain-forest to grow? - Or takes up swathes of arable land, so meaning poor people can't afford to eat? - means the engine ends up having to burn more fuel and so perversely produce more CO2? Funny how politicians never see beyond ticking box#1, even when their actions do more harm than good. @ugly_american E10 has been shown to be a real problem in areas where winters are cool and wet. Moisture is attracted by the ethanol, then when it gets cold the moisture settles out and starts rusting steel parts. This is well documented. Ethanol also attacks some plastic and rubber parts that had no problem that previously withstood pure gasoline. Some cars are affected more than others, so the fact that your brother's BMW has (so far) not suffered, is meaningless. E10 (and worse.... E15 in the US) is a stupid idea that benefits the corn lobby and no one else.
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