Dec 3 2012: A sad story about Ethanol based fuels
In 2006, Panama, Central America. An engineer develops M4, a mixture of 87% Ethanol and 13% of a mixture of other ingredients. The M4 passed all the tests at Intertek Caleb Brett labs in England. So what else we needed? finally a cheap clean fuel. But no. Local authorities decided that the tests made in England were not enough, so they deviced a set of impossible tests so the fuel could not be sold in the country. The inventor of M4, was denied the right to sell M4 in the country, but he was authorized to export it. And the actual government allowed him to run for a political position. And M4 was silenced. By now who knows were or who is the owner of the patent for M4.
In an enthusiastic marketing campaign back again in 2006 this engineer stood up with a tank filled with M4 and gave free samples to anyone who wanted to try. And many tried and where happy about it. It was tested by taxi drivers, truck drivers, you name it. It worked. But the first attack against M4 came from the car dealers who stated that their cars were not built and tested with M4 or any methanol based fuel, so they dont advice the use of M4 in new cars. Then came the politics stuff and the impossible tests.
So what do we learn with this short story?
That the big fish of the fuel industry will not let anyone, compete cleanly for the market they hold.
Before i forget he was also working on M5, for diesel engine cars.
At this date December 3 2012, no gas station in Panama is selling or even knows about M4
I ask all of you now, if it was a good idea to reduce the cost of energy for the everyday consumer/worker, why its not being commercialized in the country?
This is a true story i posted no links because most of them are in spanish but if anyone wants i can translate them for you.
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In 2006, Panama, Central America. An engineer develops M4, a mixture of 87% Ethanol and 13% of a mixture of other ingredients. The M4 passed all the tests at Intertek Caleb Brett labs in England. So what else we needed? finally a cheap clean fuel. But no. Local authorities decided that the tests made in England were not enough, so they deviced a set of impossible tests so the fuel could not be sold in the country. The inventor of M4, was denied the right to sell M4 in the country, but he was authorized to export it. And the actual government allowed him to run for a political position. And M4 was silenced. By now who knows were or who is the owner of the patent for M4.
In an enthusiastic marketing campaign back again in 2006 this engineer stood up with a tank filled with M4 and gave free samples to anyone who wanted to try. And many tried and where happy about it. It was tested by taxi drivers, truck drivers, you name it. It worked. But the first attack against M4 came from the car dealers who stated that their cars were not built and tested with M4 or any methanol based fuel, so they dont advice the use of M4 in new cars. Then came the politics stuff and the impossible tests.
So what do we learn with this short story?
That the big fish of the fuel industry will not let anyone, compete cleanly for the market they hold.
Before i forget he was also working on M5, for diesel engine cars.
At this date December 3 2012, no gas station in Panama is selling or even knows about M4
I ask all of you now, if it was a good idea to reduce the cost of energy for the everyday consumer/worker, why its not being commercialized in the country?
This is a true story i posted no links because most of them are in spanish but if anyone wants i can translate them for you.
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