bowtie_brain
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I have always believed that the ethanol mandate is a bad thing. Ethanol costs more to produce than gasoline, and consumes more energy than it yields when all inputs are considered. Not to mention the cost of cleaning a fuel system when it has been sitting in your gas tank for more than a couple of weeks during humid weather.
The most efficient form of energy available to humanity is fossil fuels, proved at least in part by the decrease in miles per gallon experienced with ethanol blended fuel. Nothing else comes close at least for now.
Side effects of ethanol use are numerous, particularly in older forms of modus transportus that are not designed for the corrosive ethanol content. I like classic cars & bikes for their simplicity and performance. Carburetors amplify the ill effects.
The diversion of food crops to my gas tank is another pain point. Which would we rather import: Our fuel or our food? Who has a high confidence in the safety of imported food products when our pets have already been the victims of toxic additives? Truth is, we don't have to import so much fuel now, so at least one of the arguments in favor of the mandate has achieved obsolescence.
The article linked below highlights yet another consequence of a short-sighted government mandate imposed upon the populace by people who don't consider all of the facts. I have written my members of congress about this issue over the last few years, and hoped that one of our sitting senators would get beat in last year's primary partly due to his role in getting us into the current situation. He has started to change his mind, but undoing bad legislation is difficult. It will take several senators and reps to overcome the current law.
https://energytomorrow.org/blog/2015/january/ethanol-and-consequence-honeybee-edition
Y'all have fun with this!
The most efficient form of energy available to humanity is fossil fuels, proved at least in part by the decrease in miles per gallon experienced with ethanol blended fuel. Nothing else comes close at least for now.
Side effects of ethanol use are numerous, particularly in older forms of modus transportus that are not designed for the corrosive ethanol content. I like classic cars & bikes for their simplicity and performance. Carburetors amplify the ill effects.
The diversion of food crops to my gas tank is another pain point. Which would we rather import: Our fuel or our food? Who has a high confidence in the safety of imported food products when our pets have already been the victims of toxic additives? Truth is, we don't have to import so much fuel now, so at least one of the arguments in favor of the mandate has achieved obsolescence.
The article linked below highlights yet another consequence of a short-sighted government mandate imposed upon the populace by people who don't consider all of the facts. I have written my members of congress about this issue over the last few years, and hoped that one of our sitting senators would get beat in last year's primary partly due to his role in getting us into the current situation. He has started to change his mind, but undoing bad legislation is difficult. It will take several senators and reps to overcome the current law.
https://energytomorrow.org/blog/2015/january/ethanol-and-consequence-honeybee-edition
Y'all have fun with this!
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