The thing that is screwy about this ethanol crap is, it makes us more dependent on oil. It does nothing positive about CO 2 emissions, and lowers our fuel mileage. It is a lose, lose, lose, lose and lose situation....figuring in the high volumes of water needed.
Unintended consequences????? Nope! The EnviroCommies have hoodwinked the useful idiots again. It all fits nicely with their other moves to put domestic oil off limits. They complain about importing oil but that is the only alternative they leave us.
Our best hope is the illegals from south of the border complaining about the rising cost of tacos. The Democrats don’t want to lose them!
However these guys are on to something.
Using it as a supplemental fuel ( 5 % ) via direct injection to Increase Octane Ratings to 150 range. It allows you to turbocharge the snaught out of an engine and could make a V6 act like a diesel it has so much torque. That is a game changer. Smaller engines, less weight, it is a positive vortex at that point, everything gets better. IMHO they are dovetailing off ADI used by our Fighter Aircraft in WWII, now with computer chip control and direct injection instead of in the carburetor airstream.
But...
1.) No one has adopted it yet.
2.) No national will to embrace it
3.) If we did, could we derive the Ethanol from Waste ( of all different sources ) rather than using Corn. That is the Million dollar question in itself.