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To: stockstrader

Oh, of course it's the ethenol that means gas is $3 a gallon now instead of $1.25 5 years ago.


377 posted on 04/14/2006 4:13:35 PM PDT by ConTex
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To: ConTex

You ARE learning, albeit slowly. This may take a while!


380 posted on 04/14/2006 4:14:09 PM PDT by stockstrader
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To: ConTex; stockstrader

The whole ethanol issue is very, very interesting. Okay, MTBE had to go because it's nasty stuff. But we're not quite there in terms of the switch over.

The ethanol switch isn't like substituting margarine for butter in a recipe. It's more like switching from apple pie to layer cake.

Ethanol has to be transported differently than the other additive. It has to be stored differently. And it has to be mixed in differently. This slows down the whole production process.


392 posted on 04/14/2006 4:18:43 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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