4th September 2008

When 85% Yields 5%

posted in General, Lifestyle |

F430 Green

It seems that in order to acquire great beauty in one’s life we have to ‘work hard’ and then ‘spend hard’. I was reminded of this when I finally got time to catch up on some reading this week.

In April, this year, I picked up a copy of the Robb Report magazine whilst in Miami. It came with a supplement that covered Green Transport - Specifically cars and motorbikes.

Having enjoyed various Ferrari’s in the past I read with interest the article on Page 16 that discussed the Bio Fuel version of the F430 Spider. Apart from the performance gains through running the car on E85 (85% Ethanol, and 15% Petrol) the thing that amazed was the fact that even though the Petrol used was down to 15% the CO2 emissions only dropped by 5% (hence the title of this blog).

It could be argued that the gains are good all around; Lower CO2 – better performance – more torque. I just wonder how the world would change if we all used biofuel.

Perhaps it’s time to invest in these alternative fuel companies.

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