AAA SAYS CERTAIN ETHANOL FUEL CAN DAMAGE CARS, ASKS EPA TO REMOVE FROM PUMPS

Human Events ^ | 11/30/2012 | Audrey Hudson

[rollo tomasi]

What I find amazing are the people who bitch about “Republican voters” staying home or going third Party, ROTFLMAO.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Think of how the Obama admin thinks!

Mandate a fuel that will eventually kill your car and motorized equipment (chainsaw, lawn mower, ect).

Then you will have to buy a NEW GOVERNMENT MADATED auto that will meet the new GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS!

Then in another 10-20 years a new socialist prez (yes, the people are that dumb) will mandate tougher regulations to kill those older cars using the e-15 gas off the road, and force everyone into electric cars.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Adding alcohol to gasoline dilutes the fuel, and lowers the heat energy.***

I get 14 mpg with my truck in town. When I use ethanol it drops to 12 mpg.

On the highway I get 17 mpg. With ethanol I get 14.

One of my working companions lived far enough away he used one tank of gas in his car just to go to and return from work each five days.

With ethanol he only gets 4 days before he has to fill up again.

[AFPhys]

I hate Ethanol in gasoline. I hope that the AAA has some success in raising this alarm, though belatedly,.

[Elsie]

AAA SAYS CERTAIN ETHANOL FUEL CAN DAMAGE CARS, ASKS EPA TO REMOVE FROM PUMPS

If a person is too STUPID to read the warnings....

[Elsie]

“It is clear that millions of Americans are unfamiliar with E15, which means there is a strong possibility that many motorists may improperly fill up using this gasoline and damage their vehicle,” said Robert Darbelnet, AAA president. “Bringing E15 to the market without adequate safeguards does not responsibly meet the needs of consumers.”

Likewise; some diesel owners have put gasoline in their tanks and some gasoline powered vrhicle owners have put diesel fuel in THEIR tanks!

Oh the huge manatee!

SOMEthing must be DONE!!!!!!!

Eliminate self serve pumps from use IMMEDIATELY!!!!

And place our trust BACK into the man who wears the star!

[Elsie]

[Elsie]

I can understand the mileage increase.

Since 'pure' gas tends to cost more per gallon; what has your cost per mile done?

Up?

Down?

Same?

[1010RD]

When has reality ever bothered the government?

[okie01]

Thanks for the clarification and exp0licit information.

I wonder what the total cost of the ethanol boondoggle has been --

a. Additional costs to the economy attributable to using ethanol as a fuel...

b. And additional costs to the economy attributable to rising food prices...

Could ethanol be the most expensive boondoggle in world history? I wouldn't be surprised...

[TYVets]

I get 11% better mileage. The cost has been 8% higher.

In this area SW Missouri stations sell premium gasoline 91 octane as their ethanol free gasoline. It has been running about 24 cents per gallon higher than regular gasoline 87 octane E-10 (10% ethanol). The price differential ranges from 20 to 35 cents per gallon from station to station and will vary at the same station at times.

I have a drive of 160 miles round trip, on E-10 I was getting 18.4 mpg in my pickup. On premium no ethanol 20.6 mpg. Same road, same driving habits and speed.

The savings is not huge, but it has to be better for the motor.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

No gasoline is sold without ethanol added to it.

That is a pretty bold statement. Too bad it's wrong.

[JudgemAll]

Brilliant if the goal of man made famine and rationing is to be attained.

To rely on government to learn science is oxymoronic. Science is something one must learn. Yeah, they will teach us science, alright...

[JudgemAll]

Indeed, higher efficiency requires higher compression fuels, and ethanol is for low compression. But tell that to a liberal who cannot compute numerators from denominators. They think being told by the government is the way, because that is what dumb a$$es have to rely on.

[SunkenCiv]

Gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol is readily available at most gas stations nationwide, but E15 is only sold at a few stations in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.

IOW, STFU AAA. Thanks neverdem.

[Eaker]

significant problems such as accelerated engine wear and failure, fuel-system damage and false “check engine” warning lights.

The E-10 has destroyed the fuel injectors on my Maxima.

This stuff is garbage!

[Nitehawk0325]

Thanks for educating me Okie. I was unaware have been told otherwise. I’ll keep buying in small town a top priority.