Neoliberalnot wrote:
“Currently, using corn to capture solar energy is the best method available in the US to reduce dependence on foreign oil.”
10% alcohol gas is a disaster. Not only does it make auto fuel more expensive directly to the consumer, it also has a 45 cent per gallon tax credit hidden in its price (the distributors get 45 taxpayer cents per gallon of fuel they can sell), and, worst of all, being a poorly thought out mandate by the guberment, it has ruined countless motors, carburetors, and gas tanks, thanks to its 3 month shelf life (after that, it separates and turns to acid), and its ability to dissolve and embrittle rubber and plastics.
Only someone involved in the government payoffs (of tax money) to corn farmers, distillers, and distributors would say anything positive about alcohol in auto fuel.
I’ll say it again gasohol is a disaster.
(By the way, I am not an “urbanite” Neoliberalnot, I am a country boy whose chainsaws, boats, fuel tanks, and dearly beloved 1977 f-250, etc, have been ruined by this vile stuff.)
This fat-slob, divorced uber-LIB Freak finally admits he is an idiot. Maybe he’s worried about the coming revolution. No forgiveness. No quarter.
I have been using ETOH since the early 80s. I sold my 1980 DATSUN truck in 1992 with 120K on it and the neighbor that bought it drove it another 50K and sold it. I must have maintained it better?? I am sorry if your engines wear out but if you didn’t run a side-by-side control using pure gasoline you don’t have any evidence to indict the measly 10% ETOH. Are you aware of the myriad of other gasoline additives? Engines don’t last forever, they wear out no matter what you do.