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  • Chrysler is sitting on a patent using a semi-conductor to heat fuel injectors instantly; this would be an elegant and inexpensive way to coldstart an alcohol vehicle down to 50 degrees below zero.

    David Blume: Bailout GM, But Here's What to Demand 2008

  • As I recommended in my book, Alcohol Can Be A Gasa year ago, predicting this collapse, our new CEO should also demand that by 2010 all cars sold in the U.S., no matter who makes them, should be advanced flex-fuel vehicles able to run not just on E-85 (85% alcohol) but also on E-100 (straight alcohol -- no gas) with coldstart devices installed.

    David Blume: Bailout GM, But Here's What to Demand 2008

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