After seeing the 3rd episode, I'm completely in support of "alternative fuel" cars.

With 100% Ethanol being higher octane than gas AND cheaper, that sounds pretty cool for sports cars. I didn't know top-fuel dragsters used it as fuel. Sounds like a good plan.

The compressed air car was an interesting system as well... honestly, the entire episode was pretty interesting.

 

I didn't know ethanol was cheaper, E85 was more expensive than the regular 90/10 mix, at least in the spring it was. You don't get as good of mileage with ethanol either.

 

I don't really know honestly, I'm just going on what the show said. I'm not an environmentalist, so I haven't been following any of the alternative fuel news. But if it is indeed cheaper for the 100% mix and it has more octane I have no problem with putting "corn liquor" in my car. Heck, if it's true what they said, that you can convert your current car to run on it for about $100, I wouldn't mind converting all of my cars.

As long as it saves me money, I don't mind going to the pump a bit more often.

Does ethanol pollute less than gasoline? I don't remember what they said...

 

If I remember right, it takes more energy to make ethanol than gasoline, so there is more pollution from that standpoint, but I can't recall whether there is more pollution coming out of the exhaust or not. And to convert your car to run on E85, you have to change the computer, fuel lines, etc. and I thought it was closer to > $1000

But that research I'm drawing from was what I did last spring for a speech in speech class, so things could have changed.

 

If I were to imagine a Holden Monaro done on the Camaro's top hat (upper structure), it would look a lot like that green car.