More Ethanol Into Gasoline

[Dave B.]

Re: More Ethanol Into Gasoline

In 2007 Hagerty's Insurance did a study that sheds some light on the problems of pre-1980's vehicles with consuming ethanol. I copied about six pages worth of information on a Word document from the results that I can email to anyone interested. Or, one can search the web and probably find the same results.

Most of what has been expressed here is in these four articles. The stuff is not good for rubber fuel lines, fuel pump diaphragms, and rubber seals under carburetor float needles in older vehicles.

The fourth article titled Ethanol Worse for Climate than Gasoline is quite interesting. This study finds that over a 30-year span, biofuels end up contributing twice as much carbon dioxide to the air as that amount of gasoline would, when you add in the global effects.They conclude that right now there's little doubt that ethanol is making global warming worse.

[Clem Z.]

Re: More Ethanol Into Gasoline

Oil companies do not benefit from ethanol in gasoline or they would have been putting it in for decades. Ethanol in gasoline is welfare for farmers.

the oil companies make X amount of $$$ on every gallon they sell to me so if they sell me more gallons they make more $$$,correct ? i now have to buy more gallons to go the same distance. my MPG have dropped 10% so i now have to buy 10% more gasoline so the oil companies take 10% more $$$ from me the way i look at it.