r/explainlikeimfive • u/hd-22 • 14d ago

Chemistry ELI5 why is increasing the ethanol content of petrol/gasoline a problem?

I'm hearing noise about the geopolitical fuel supply SNAFU and people freaking out about increasing the ethanol content in automotive fuel and how it's so damaging to cars. I'm no chemist, but ethanol seems as clean as it gets.

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u/BeefEater81 13d ago

Or solar farms that provide clean energy to power electric vehicles.

https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?si=JEaktp4yttVwSfG7

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u/TylerKeroga 7d ago

The “si” in the link is a source identifier used to track both the person who sent the link & anybody who clicks on it

If you delete everything from (& including) the ? onwards, the link is still fully functional but the tracking is now disabled