I’M FAMOUS
Well, I’m mentioned in the paper anyway. 🙂
More on ethanol, but hold on a sec. Gotta jab myself with this needle first. OW!
Daryl Cobranchi, who identifies himself as a “pedantic chemist,†says I erred in calling ethanol “gasoline with some alcohol in it — or, depending on the grade, alcohol with a little gasoline in it.â€
Ethanol, Daryl writes, “is a type of alcohol, specifically one with the chemical formula CH3CH2OH. Ethanol is blended with gasoline in percentages ranging from 10 percent to 85 percent. Ethanol is not a fossil fuel. It is an alternative to fossil fuels.â€
Daryl, in my lexicon that doesn’t qualify as pedantry. It qualifies as being right. I used “ethanol†as a synonym for the blends — in that column, E85. Will try to be less sloppy hereafter.
The rest of the column is worth a read, BTW.
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![]() Comment by JJ Ross March 24th, 2007 at 11:04 pm |
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