***ethanol cannot exist without government subsidy***
I remember when Jimmy Carter tried to pass off ethanol on us back in the late 1970s. As soon as he was removed from office the fad passed and everyone went back to real gas.
Not in Indiana. We’ve had mostly E10 since the 1980s.
And our local alky must be better than a lot of the others, because most of my OPE is old, old, old and I’ve not had fuel system problems at all.
The only one was a fairly new Weedeater trimmer and that was due to sh!tty Chinese polymers in the fuel lines. When I replaced them with some US sourced stuff it’s been fine.
For those on FR having all the engine problems, it would seem to be well worth it to go here:
http://pure-gas.org/
Gasahol... I remember it well... and the lawsuits that drove it out of the marketplace.
LLS
Farming without subsidies? Some lessons from New Zealand
http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/features/0303/newzealand_subsidies.shtml
Output and net incomes for the New Zealand dairy industry are higher now than before subsidies ended—and the cost of milk production is among the lowest in the world.
“Life After Subsidies”
http://www.fedfarm.org.nz/f1051,130378/130378_Life_after_subsidies_-_the_New_Zealand_experience.pdf