businessweek.com— Not only is ethanol proving to be a dud as a fuel substitute but there is increasing evidence that it is destroying engines in large numbers
May 15, 2009View in Crawl 4
I've known this for years. I did my own study on this in 2001 using my own car and various fuel blends and found that using E10 causes enough of a fuel millage drop to cause me to burn more gasoline per mile than if I used pure gasoline. The math proved this out every time.
The obvious answer to the problem runs through the story. Money. It was money that caused this mess in the first place. The science was not only inadequate, it was wrong. But money won out. And where money couldn't get the job done politics was used as the hammer blow to force things to happen. Our nation has lost it's way. We are now a bunch of money grubbers. Our present situation is the result of the very same thing on a more grand scale. This can't be fixed. Once money has come to rule your life AND your government there is no turning back. Science, true science, and common sense will never make a full come back. From here the ride gets only more bumpy. Get used to it.
I would think someone will file a lawsuit eventually. For one thing the mpg ratings (accurate or not) will be totally off with e10 or higher. If enough people have car repairs due to this I smell class action.
wilgenoMay 19, 2009
I've known this for years. I did my own study on this in 2001 using my own car and various fuel blends and found that using E10 causes enough of a fuel millage drop to cause me to burn more gasoline per mile than if I used pure gasoline. The math proved this out every time.
Closed AccountMay 25, 2009
The obvious answer to the problem runs through the story. Money. It was money that caused this mess in the first place. The science was not only inadequate, it was wrong. But money won out. And where money couldn't get the job done politics was used as the hammer blow to force things to happen. Our nation has lost it's way. We are now a bunch of money grubbers. Our present situation is the result of the very same thing on a more grand scale. This can't be fixed. Once money has come to rule your life AND your government there is no turning back. Science, true science, and common sense will never make a full come back. From here the ride gets only more bumpy. Get used to it.
deminicusMay 26, 2009
I would think someone will file a lawsuit eventually. For one thing the mpg ratings (accurate or not) will be totally off with e10 or higher. If enough people have car repairs due to this I smell class action.
buzzfriendlyMay 26, 2009
The problem isn't ethanol the problem is when the US government becomes involved in trying to fix the gas problem.