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Old 02-10-2006   #1
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Re: Study says ethanol not worth the energy

There's always another motive behind anything big business does. I've been in dealerships and around major car manufacturers for over 20 years. They don't do anything they aren't made to do by the EPA or the gooberment.

Remember when airbags, door support cross-bars, 3rd brake lamps, etc were added to cars? The car manufacturers were putting out all these commercials about how they were trying to save lives, make cars safer, etc. But behind the scenes, they were raising holy hell that the gooberment was forcing them to put more parts on cars that cost more money to make that took away some of their profit margin.

Ethanol has some good points, but for every good thing it does, there is a negative side.
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Ethanol has some good points, but for every good thing it does, there is a negative side.
I realize ethanol has some downfalls but just curious Mike, anything in particular that you're referring to here?
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I realize ethanol has some downfalls but just curious Mike, anything in particular that you're referring to here?
I'll chime is and state its costing taxpayers a fortune, provides less power/gallon, and harms engines (small engines especially).
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costing taxpayers a fortune
How so?
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How so?
Subsidies to farmers and increased cost of gasoline.
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Subsidies to farmers and increased cost of gasoline.
What do subsidies based on commodity prices have to do with the ethanol industry costing taxpayers money? How has the ethanol industry caused an increase in the cost of gasoline?
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I realize ethanol has some downfalls but just curious Mike, anything in particular that you're referring to here?
Corrosion/oxidation to metal parts, deteriorates rubber seals & fuel lines. Requires a richer fuel mixture to burn, so you may save a liitle money in the cost per gallon, but with less fuel economy it may cost you the same or more.

As far as the car companies go, they are probably getting kick-backs, tax breaks or something out of the deal.
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Corrosion/oxidation to metal parts
I have never heard of this before.


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deteriorates rubber seals & fuel lines.
On older vehicles, yes. On newer vehicles, I have never heard of such.


http://autorepair.about.com/cs/gener.../aa102100a.htm
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I have never heard of this before.
This is why E85 can't be run in "normal" cars no matter how you tune them. It will destroy the aluminum and rubber components.
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