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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Why does it have to be Ethanol vs Hybrid, or VVT vs AFM? You can have a hybrid V8 fueled by E85 vehicle with active fuel management and variable valve timing and direct injection, which will then use roughly 10% of the gasoline vs a gasoline engine with none of this. I know that using all those technologies will cost more but you won't need to import gasoline. Sounds like it would help your national economy to do so. Suppporting a domestic automaker and domestic fuel producers keeps the money in your country. We have more oil than we will ever need, but its terrible on the environment.
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Imma give you guys some insight (Or what I think it would be). Ford already has a engine like this in place, it's an FFV engine (Flex fuel vehicle) and it does come in V8 (F150 5.4L Triton) I know this because my dad was gonna get one, if you go to ford.com the FFV Engine is a free swap (SO it says) and with this engine it will run off E85 or gasoline. Idk a lot about chevy/GM's engines or Dodge/chrysler either
I have also heard that all the while E85 is more efficent than gas, it also has just about the same amount of emissions