Non Ethanol Gasoline

[wa1udg]

The brainless shlubs we have holding political office (often for "life") bend to whatever wind is blowing at the time.  They produced an "EPA" which  pontificated the  use of MTBE in fuel, which contaminated hundreds of wells hereabouts.  These elected schlubs, with their degrees in "policy making" will run us around like chickens with their heads cut off unless they get a loud "NO MAS" every so often.    The "agrabusiness lobby" shills alcohol in fuel.  THey make millions turning food into something more expensive than straight gasoline.

[wa1udg]

And the California "Air Resource Board" brought us the air injection system on our bikes which most of us gleefully rip off and TOSS as soon as we figure out what it is. BMW bikes were a MAJOR source of pollution in the early 80s, right?

[montmil]

And... BMW bikes were a MAJOR source of pollution in the early 80s, right?

Just the 2-stroke ones.  

[Luca]

So let me get this straight...

we subsidize agribusiness to grow corn (which relies more on fertilizer and water than sunlight for growth) so that we can take a portion of our food supply and turn it into a fuel that puts out less energy than it takes to make it?

we therefore link our food and fuel supplies and also subject our fuel supply to the volatility of the harvest (anyone recall a drought recently?)

And the whole tootin' industry that harvests and hauls the crop (no piping corn) runs on Diesel fuel!

Yeah, the cars might run a little cleaner... but how much does it take to get there?

Hemp shirts and drum circles aside, I wish the US consumer market would get a little more cozy with compact Diesels and take a better look at biodiesel...

...and save ethanol for better uses  [smiley=beer.gif]