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I just read an article in the paper on Sunday about this and there may be some drastic changes coming because of the lack of success from ethanol use. Corn requires fertilizer which is made using natural gas and then the actual ethanol factories burn natural gas or coal, both of which release carbon dioxide. In addition, over 7,000,000 acres of what was conservation land have been plowed and used for corn which has released the carbon dioxide naturally locked in the soil. And there's concern about the damage the fertilizer has done to water supplies, destruction of habitat, plowing what were pristine prairies in the process, and on and on. What it boils down to is that there are so many negative consequences of using ethanol that maybe it's use as a gasoline extender are limited. Bad news for farmers, but......Just last Friday, Obama proposed reducing the amount of ethanol in the gas supply. The EPA may be listening when it hears of the engine damage caused by using more than 10% ethanol in the mix. Dan C Ocean Shores, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick Sperduto To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:27:01 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [FWDLK] THIS GASOLINE RUIN's YOUR ENGINE Sounds great if you live in a state where you can get non enthanol gas. But there's nothing around me that not enthanol, so it's in everything I own. Do I like it..No…Has it cause me a lot of issues…No. Only one car that got goofed up that may have been caused by enthanol but I can't say for sure. I just keep driving down the highway. 208,000 on my 2001 Chrysler town and country. Changed the fuel filter once or twice, never had a fuel issue.
From:Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marv Raguse
I only use E10 in my cars 2007 and newer but anything older it is definitely not advisable. And never in small lawn and garden equipment. I believe it separates in about 30 days and then you are left with pure ethanol in the bottom of your tank or carbs. Even in my FlexFuel 2013 T&C I would never use E85. It is evil stuff.....unless I am a farmer. Keep the information coming. We can never hear this enough.
But for the latest here is yesterday'sWall Street Journal....
In a message dated 11/19/2013 1:08:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, robert.tittle@xxxxxxxxxxxwrites:
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