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Feb 14, 2011 | 09:45 PM

#46

super 6.8

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From: Southern KS

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Originally Posted by Krewat

The thing you're all missing is that an oxygenate is REQUIRED in certain areas, and MTBE was used first. When MTBE was found to contaminate ground/drinking water, AND caused cancer, it was banned. The only thing left was Ethanol.

I'm not saying the "oxygenate required" was a good thing or not, but putting Ethanol in gas is more complicated than someone wanted to subsidize the corn farmers.

NOW - let's leave the politics, AND RELIGION out of this, or this thread gets closed.

Come on Art, grow a pair. This is a highly charged topic that is just as political as anything. Letting it go this long makes you an accessory.

My opinion is that it is a sham and hopefully it goes away soon. I am an avid boater and this crap is the worst thing I have ever dealt with.

Feb 14, 2011 | 09:45 PM

#47

jh818

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From: Chino, California

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Originally Posted by ZBIGBIG19TH

Well than ,we can buy E85 ,clean it of gas ,sell it as booze for 10 times the price and buy more E85. Isn't ?

One thing for sure is you won't get a lot of repeat customers.

Feb 14, 2011 | 10:21 PM

#48

ZBIGBIG19TH

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From: Montreal,Canada

Then will fix 2 problems with 1 bullet.LoL

Feb 15, 2011 | 10:23 AM

#49

CraigOutdoors

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Originally Posted by NoMo

IMO, there are no good technical or economic reasons for ethanol. It exists purely as a political item.

Al Gore publicly admitted that ethanol was a mistake, and that he pushed it for political reasons. Read the quote myself in a news article a while back. So hey, even Al Gore agrees with you. Or maybe you agree with Al Gore. Not sure if that makes you happy or scared.