Why we should stop E10 petrol before it gets started
E10 is a blend of 10% ethanol to 90% Petrol.
It sounds 'Green' but E10 fuel is far from it.... here are some good reasons to ditch it before it is foisted on us, even though we are no longer in the EU.
Let's dump E10 because....
1. It is less efficient than unblended 100% Petrol. You need to burn more E10 to get the same performance from 100% Petrol. Using more fuel and burning more CO2 to get the same performance? Not green.
2. Water condensation in fuel tanks combines with the Ethanol in E10 to make a corrosive to metal situation, helping to wreck car fuel systems. Ethanol also eats rubber fuel hoses and has caused vehicle fires. Costly.
3. Older cars may not be able to use E10 in their fuel systems. Many low mileage car users who are sometimes not well off will effectively be disenfranchised, and what for? No good reason.
4. CO2 will be burnt in sowing, harvesting, refining and delivering sugar crops from which the Ethanol is derived. This likely creates more CO2 than is likely to be saved. Green? no.
5. Sugar to be made into E10 fuel may be grown in developing countries, where rain forest might be felled to make way for the sugar crop. Green? Ridiculous.
So from this simple few points, you can see that E10 will probably cause many more environmental damage problems and CO2 emissions than it purports to solve.
I reiterate, why are we entertaining this madness when we have left the EU and likely will walk away with a no deal situation that means we can do our own thing totally and not have to adhere to their rules?
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