Haven't seen the book, but will give it a look. When I have some time this evening I'll post some ethanol links.

Your situation overseas is a little different from ours as you've been saturated with high gasoline prices for years. But the mess we're in over foreign policy and the need for oil to satisfy American consumerism is just pure mayhem. With the ability to "just say no" to ANY foreign petroleum would signal a paradigm shift in this country.

LPG is comparable to gasoline in "MPG", but it's still a petroleum/hydrocarbon product with similar emissions. Plus it's volumetric requirements for storage in the vehicle and storage pose other problems, which is why it's most often seen in full-size or industrial trucks. So the MPG comparison is more apples to oranges since it requires a completely different fuel storage and delivery system. Ethanol uses your existing tank and fuel system, it's 25% MPG hit is from a volume comparison with gasoline. Plus it's emissions are virtually nil and the waste product from production is used as animal feed or feed additive. Ethanol is about the greenest fuel you can get from raw material to production to consumption.

Since there is no distribution network for ethanol I won't convert the Dragon at this time. My work covers four counties and where I live is smack in the middle, so the converted IronMan would always be near enough to the fuel source that 230 miles per tank is perfectly acceptable. Especially since I'm filling up for only about $.31 a gallon! The conversion cost is about $1000 without scrounging anything so that would be recovered in fuel savings rather quickly, say about 30 fill-ups. The savings beyond that goes right back in my pocket. I you think about it you can imagine my excitement.