The forced use of gasahol in the USA is just another huge scam perpetrated on the public by Archer Daniels Midland, environmental whackos and an out-of-control dumbass Congress!
It has been pointed out countless times that use of gasahol does not save either gas or reduce US oil imports.
Maybe one day common sense will prevail and we’ll really force Congress to do the right thing!
Before ethanol we had the “forced” use of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) additive and before that Ethane and lead additives. Ethane, lead and MTBE proved to be harmful and were or are being withdrawn from use.
All of these are additives that are or were used to clean up dirty burning gasoline. None of them were intended to equal or better gasoline in miles per gallon.
Ethanol is being produced all over the world from a variety of feedstocks because it is profitable to produce and is readily salable to world wide markets.
Here in America, Ethanol offsets 10 percent of our oil imports that we would otherwise be buying from our enemies. This number is growing every year.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being earned by tens of thousands of people employed in this American based industry and millions more in taxes are being paid for wages and profits earned. This money all stays in America.