

| Subject: | Re: Ethanol free gas |
| From: | Jonce Fancher |
| Date: | Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:57:10 -0400 |
In Michigan they are not required to put the percentage of ethanol in your gas. Sticks because you have no idea what the percentage is. From what I understand it is going to be even more corn fuel percent due to EPA Regulations. But if you can find 100% petrol your vehicle will love you for it. My vintage vws are the 1st to complain. Jonce >Yet lobbyists and in turn the government keep insisting on ethanol >in gasoline. Not a good thing. mcneely > >---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > It's worth looking into the whole story of ethanol from corn in > fuel so you can decide for yourself whether the benefits outweigh > the costs. It was promoted as "renewable energy" and an > environmentally friendly fuel, but there are a lot of > problems. Now we are stuck with it in all of the metropolitan > areas of the country: http://necsi.edu/research/social/foodprices/foodforfuel/ > > > > For those of you who don't read, (like Jim ;-), here is the abstract: > > > > "Conversion of corn to ethanol in the US since 2005 has been a > major cause of global food price increases during that time and has > been shown to be ineffective in achieving US energy independence > and reducing environmental impact. We make three key statements to > enhance understanding and communication about ethanol production's > impact on the food and fuel markets: (1) The amount of corn used to > produce the ethanol in a gallon of regular gas would feed a person > for a day, (2) The production of ethanol requires so much fossil > fuel energy that its energy benefit is only about 20%, and (3) The > cost of gas made with ethanol is actually higher per mile because > ethanol reduces gasoline's energy per gallon." > > > > Stuart > > > > Dealing with ethanol issues since 1997 (winter fuel blend in Seattle) > >-- >David McNeely
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