

| Subject: | Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:58:58 -0700 |
Hey Don, its the Vanagon List! You can run for office on Frydayes maybe... ;) On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Ten percent ethanol knocks my mileage down about 15%. I try to avoid it, > > following VW recommendations. I can do that in Oklahoma, but not > > everywhere. Now we hear that vendors will be going to 15% ethanol. What > > part of burning food for motor fuel is stupid do people not understand? > > > > mcneely > > > > > > > > Isn't there data showing there are more effective ways to make ethanol? > Ways that waste less food-producing farm land? The US, we make the stuff > from corn, right? And we pay Ag-business a big fat corn-subsidy, to help > us "get off oil"? > It's my understanding that there are crops other than corn that work > significantly better, but we don't pay the Ag-business to grow those. We > lose out. We get to pay extra, at the pump and at tax time and at the > grocery store. > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie' Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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