Ethanol or Snake Oil, It's Your Choice
In response to this comment from Grumps:
Forcing the state to add ethanol to gasoline may seem like a great idea right now. Rural counties are seeing dollar signs, thinking that pumping ethanol into gasoline is like guaranteed income. And, they may be right, in year one.
In year two, three, or ten the ethanol advocates may discover the hidden costs. Many people, who I trust to know what they are talking about, have told me that the reformulated gasoline being used in southeast Wisconsin is bad on engines. Farmers have lots of equipment with engines, right? Are they going to accept increased maintenance costs to make a quick buck?
Maybe you don't want to believe that ethanol is going to damage your engine. How about increased fuel costs? It has been reported that ethanol gas lowers fuel economy. For some reason, ethanol advocates don't want to believe that either.
So, what about the cost of ethanol? How long do you think the price of ethanol will remain lower than gasoline if demand increases? The answer: not long. The custom blend we're burning in Milwaukee is one of the most expensive fuels in the country. Of course, we owe a lot of this to taxes as much as the additives that are going into it.
Consider this a friendly reminder to look before you leap.
- There are 72 counties in Wisconsin. About 65 of them are looking for ways to increase personal income and steady farm prices. Ethanol looks really good to them right now and a lot of folks can't understand why the southeast corner of the state hates them so much.
Forcing the state to add ethanol to gasoline may seem like a great idea right now. Rural counties are seeing dollar signs, thinking that pumping ethanol into gasoline is like guaranteed income. And, they may be right, in year one.
In year two, three, or ten the ethanol advocates may discover the hidden costs. Many people, who I trust to know what they are talking about, have told me that the reformulated gasoline being used in southeast Wisconsin is bad on engines. Farmers have lots of equipment with engines, right? Are they going to accept increased maintenance costs to make a quick buck?
Maybe you don't want to believe that ethanol is going to damage your engine. How about increased fuel costs? It has been reported that ethanol gas lowers fuel economy. For some reason, ethanol advocates don't want to believe that either.
So, what about the cost of ethanol? How long do you think the price of ethanol will remain lower than gasoline if demand increases? The answer: not long. The custom blend we're burning in Milwaukee is one of the most expensive fuels in the country. Of course, we owe a lot of this to taxes as much as the additives that are going into it.
Consider this a friendly reminder to look before you leap.
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The other mistake those farmers make is that they assume the ethanol for our gas will come from them. Because we want cheap gas, we'll more likely buy our ethanol from other places (probably from South America) where its cheaper.
The damnfool ethanol evaporates, thus one can't keep a fuel-oil mixture over summer (or winter) to run small engines.
That's why Paul Harvey is so damn despicable: first he shills for ADM, the shadiest outfit since Al Capone's boyzzz; then he shills for Sta-Bil--the REMEDY for ADM.
But Harvey's rich, and we are NOT.
Quick link:
http://www.ncga.com/ethanol/main/your_car.htm
E-10 is approved by all car makers. You will not have repairs due to ethanol since the automakers warrant their products for use with E-10. Automakers don't like warranty repairs!
That goesfor motorcycles, ATVs, lawn mowers and every other engine that unleaded gas is used.
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