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Old 10-16-2010, 08:10 PM   #203 (permalink)
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While reasearching the history of ethanol as a fuel, I discovered an interesting sidenote. Methanol was used for a long time where we now use ethanol, but for some unknown reason (farmer's lobbyists?) thre was a switch. Even though methanol generally is made of waste wood product. And is about 1/3 the price per gallon.

The politics definietly need to get out of our everyday decisions. A decision should be made due to its merits over other choices, not who has the better lobbyist.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.