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The Great Ethanol Scam
CNSNews ^ | October 15, 2012 | Alan Caruba

Posted on 10/15/2012 9:25:51 AM PDT by jazusamo

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1 posted on 10/15/2012 9:25:54 AM PDT by jazusamo
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Besides the preposterous implications of turning a good portion of the food supply, and the implications of production, pricing and availability thereof, if I could get my hands on the bastard or bastards that got this ridiculous policy implemented, I’d whop’em upside the head with a twobyfour.

I’ve had three cars/trucks affected by this. Oxygen sensors! Get alarms all the time. Ethanol is death to a wide band O2 sensor. It eats gaskets, fuel lines, seals, you name it. I finally had to buy an OBII CAN tool to reset the damned engine “service required” light.

Damn them!


2 posted on 10/15/2012 9:30:58 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

2x4 and left for dead is too merciful.


3 posted on 10/15/2012 9:35:05 AM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: Gaffer

So true and it keeps small engine repair businesses busy.

The entire program is a scam and our government subsidizes it.


4 posted on 10/15/2012 9:39:09 AM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: Impy; NFHale; DarthVader; fieldmarshaldj

Ethanol as fuel is blatant, in-your-face gay prostitution!!!

It’s so gay, even Ricky Tisei wouldn’t touch it.


5 posted on 10/15/2012 9:40:23 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (The Glove don't fit, but it's better than a burqa.)
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6 posted on 10/15/2012 9:42:00 AM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: Gaffer

“Besides the preposterous implications of turning a good portion of the food supply,”

Not to mention whiskey.


7 posted on 10/15/2012 9:43:26 AM PDT by duffee (Romney 2012, NEWT 2016)
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To: jazusamo
Ethanol: the unethical treatment of corn!

Credit Susan in LeClaire, IA.

8 posted on 10/15/2012 9:43:54 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (Defund the Left!)
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To: jazusamo
Ethanol: the unethical treatment of corn!

Credit Susan in LeClaire, IA.

9 posted on 10/15/2012 9:44:03 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (Defund the Left!)
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To: jazusamo

I’ve actually learned to rebuild the carbs in all my 2 cycles and also 4 cycles....Seafoam is a great additive/cleaner. I have all my utility gas spiked with it now.


10 posted on 10/15/2012 9:44:25 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

So, it looks like their plan is working. Their plan to get everyone out of their vehicles and into either public transportation or a bicycle.

And unabated, they won’t stop until they get their way, whether it takes decades of frustration over expensive auto repairs, waiting in long gas lines, too high gas prices, food shortages and skyrocketing food costs, whatever...it’s all about control with these leftist idiots.

My only question is....why the hell are we letting them get away with it?


11 posted on 10/15/2012 9:48:12 AM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: XenaLee

I ask myself this question everyday, Candy Crowely as a debate moderator, what a joke, where’s the outrage from the GOP?


12 posted on 10/15/2012 10:01:52 AM PDT by IslamE (epiphany)
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To: jazusamo

As my 2003 Nissan Altima approached 190,000 miles, I switched to 90 octane ethanol free gasoline. My mileage improved by 15 to 20%. The car ran better. I have since bought a new car, and I will continue to fill it up with non-ethanol fuel. It’s about 25% more, but I like the feeling of giving government the finger. Did I mention buying up a stockpile of incandescent light bulbs, enough to outlast the present administration?


13 posted on 10/15/2012 10:06:05 AM PDT by klgator
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Ethanol kills your fuel economy too. Alcohol simply has less energy per gallon than gasoline does!


14 posted on 10/15/2012 10:14:08 AM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: jazusamo

Ethanol is just one peice of the overall scam.


15 posted on 10/15/2012 11:54:15 AM PDT by Leep (Forward! to serfdom)
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To: klgator

where can one buy ethanol free gasoline ?


16 posted on 10/15/2012 11:54:36 AM PDT by fred42 ("Get your facts first, then you can distort 'em as much as you need." - Mark Twain)
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To: Gaffer
Besides the preposterous implications of turning a good portion of the food supply, and the implications of production, pricing and availability thereof, if I could get my hands on the bastard or bastards that got this ridiculous policy implemented, I’d whop’em upside the head with a twobyfour.

Two words explain this policy: "Iowa Caucuses."

17 posted on 10/15/2012 12:14:55 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Islam offers us choices: convert or kill, submit or die.)
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To: jazusamo

Wha?? Whatt the heck ith wrong withhh etthanoll

(hic!)


18 posted on 10/15/2012 12:15:08 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Leftists are the small hive beetles of the American hive)
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To: fred42

http://pure-gas.org/


19 posted on 10/15/2012 12:20:21 PM PDT by atom99
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To: jazusamo

Ethanol = Iowa = Swing State. No one dares touch the third rail (except maybe Sarah Palin).


20 posted on 10/15/2012 12:28:50 PM PDT by McGruff (I love the smell of DESPERATION in the morning. Smells like victory!)
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