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Originally Posted by Lazarus
... It's from the ethanol folks so take it with a grain of salt but ...
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I take it with a grain of salt. I disagree with comments that avg drivers can't discern mileage difference between ethanol blend and without. I see notable decreases.
When ethanol was first being broached as a blend and oxidizer for gasoline, I thought it was a good idea to help alleviate dependence on foreign oil, help farmers and foster the local economy but as I found decreased FE and later learned about the eco problems that increased acreage of corn production causes with contaminants along with higher food prices and how the economy wasn't improved but worsened due to tax payer subsidies for corn production, my opinion on ethonated fuel has changed.
I support research in bio-production of ethanol, especially as it has proven quite viable in Brazil with sugar cane but our use of corn is a disaster; however, it is now integrated so steeply within our political system that I doubt it can be pulled.
Doug