It is less efficient. Besides, it takes more energy to produce a gallon than you can get back out of it.
the damage caused by this garbage.
There is no damage, if aluminum corrosion occurs it is probably from the absorbed water.
Crony capitalism at work.
Ding ding ding...there's the real issue. The ethanol industry would fold up like a cheap suitcase without federal subsidies.
“There is no damage, if aluminum corrosion occurs it is probably from the absorbed water.”
Damage from higher combustion temperatures over gasoline.
The corrosion is caused by the ethanol then as it attracts moisture more readily than plain gasoline.
Even the environmentalists are against ethanol! (More energy, way more water, less crop diversification, less ground left fallow for habitat, etc.)
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_case_against_biofuels_probing_ethanols_hidden_costs/2251/
A fairly detailed article outlining some of the “hidden costs”.
Here is where the Liberals and the Conservatives should get together against the Crony Capitalists.
“There is no damage, if aluminum corrosion occurs it is probably from the absorbed water.”
One of the major problems with ethanol is that when stored too long moisture accumulates (note: never buy gas from a station that has low inventory turn-over).