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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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