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The Great Ethanol Scam
Posted by | Posted in Politics | Posted on 26-05-2009
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It now appears that in just a few years since the government forced ethanol use on the country, engine and fuel system failures caused by ethanol are causing major damage to more and more new and used vehicles. This means the hapless owners are not only paying for snake oil in lower fuel efficiency and more smog, but pay again when it damages their vehicles and lawn mowers.
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There are active lawsuits from boat owners; ethanol broke down the resins in their fiberglass gas tanks, destroying their marine engines. Additionally, those who deal in small gas engines for lawnmowers, edgers, and weedeaters have quickly learned that, as Briggs & Stratton’s (BGG
) Web site warns, “Ethanol-blended gasoline can attract moisture, which leads to separation and formation of acids during storage. Acidic gasoline can damage the fuel system of an engine while in storage. B&S strongly recommends removing ethanol-blended fuels from engine during storage.”
Pushed into it by the corn growers’ and ethanol refiners’ lobbying organizations, today the EPA is starting to go through the public comment phase on increasing the level of ethanol in our gasoline from 10% to 15%. Time and time again we have heard from these groups, who now claim that there is zero scientific evidence that a 15% blend of ethanol would do any damage whatsoever if the mandate for ethanol were raised. As with all statements made by vested interests, few outsiders have actually taken the time to look and find out whether this statement was true.
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Written by Jean Valjean
This infuriates me.
It doesn’t shock me, however.
But then, since I live in Texas I should just go pump the natural gas out of my backyard, right? Right. Thanks again from flyover country. It’s not like in every place between the East and West coast actually requires you to drive a substantial distance to get everywhere. But hey, we all hate our cars anyway, right? It’s not we can do a 10-50 mile round trip just to get to and from work out here. Why would I even want to drive?
I’ll just go grab my horse from the stable.
The one right next to my apartment’s walk-in closet.