

| Subject: | Re: Ethanol..Corn only? |
| From: | Robert Fisher |
| Date: | Tue, 27 May 2008 18:09:15 -0700 |
About a week ago I saw a guy at the gas station at the end of the street. He was in a full-sized pickup; he had filled the entire bed with brand-new five-gallon gas cans and he was in the process of filling all the gas cans. Bizarre. Cya, Robert On 5/27/08, Scott Foss - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > The only place 'real gasoline' is aviable right now in Oregon is at bulk > fuel supply places. > and it goes into a gas can or 55 barrel in teh back of your pick-up, I > believe,. Yu can't put it right into your tank. > > fer sure., real gasoline would be MUCH better. if that , there is no > doubt. Ya just cain't git it rat now is all. > Guy told me in California the pumps say 'May" contain up to 10 % ethanol. > I think ours might say 'contains 10 % ethanol' > > scott > turbovans > > John Rodgers wrote: > >> A new farm bill recently passed is going to make a lot of BIG CORPORATE >> farmers richer. The little family farmer - no so. This is all about the >> power of corporate America to get what they want. The rich have to be >> bought off before the little guy gets his chance. The whole thing sucks. >> >> BTW, with 10% ethanol you ain't getting what you are trying to pay for. >> The price of fuels keeps going up, but that dab of ethanol in the tank - >> it will lower your gas mileage per gallon. So though we are paying more, >> we ain't even holding our own on the gas mileage. If you can find the >> straight stuff (gasoline) burn the straight stuff.! >> >> John Rodgers >> 88 GL Driver >> Scott Foss - Shazam wrote: >> >>> Well Don ! >>> I think you NAILED IT - obviously our fuel should be 10 % Rum !!! >>> >>> But i think you have the general gist of 'the problem' regarding >>> congress mandaated corn to make fuel....... >>> And as i saw in a political cartoon about ethanol - >>> I think it's making a lot of farmers rich right now too, or the new Farm >>> Bill will. >>> >>> it's expensive to make, >>> and it makes food prices go up. >>> ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what it was just now ) .. >>> scott >>> turbovans >>> >>> Don Hanson wrote: >>> >>>> This talk about Ethanol mixed into pump gas. Can one only make >>>> Ethanol from >>>> Corn, or does any fermenting plant produce it? Did I imagine reading >>>> somewhere that our Gov. decreed corn to be *the* designated >>>> bio-source for >>>> ethanol over other plants that might be more productive when turned >>>> into >>>> 'go-juice'? Like sugar cane, sugar beets, etc? Seems like using >>>> only corn >>>> is a waste, since corn is also a pretty widely eaten food source for >>>> humans, >>>> while cane and beets just make sugar, mainly...and rum... >>>> Hmmm..maybe Rum is important to those Oil Boys who are in charge >>>> right >>>> now... >>>> VW van content: Back in my Split window Hippy Van days, we used to >>>> make a >>>> home brew we called "Pineapple Swipe". Took only a few days to get >>>> pretty >>>> strong, so we'd mix up a batch when we left on a long surfing trip, >>>> stash it >>>> in the back of the van and later on throw a big party..."Pineapple >>>> Swipe" >>>> because we often swiped the base ingredient: pineapples...Little >>>> criminals >>>> and hooligans that we were (are?) >>>> Don Hanson >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >>
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