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Stinky The Clown

(68,968 posts) Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:19 AM Jul 2012

Given the drought and the fact that 40% of the corn crop goes to ethanol production . . . . [View all]

. . . . . do you think we should suspend - or even eliminate - the mandate to add ethanol to our gasoline?

In the short term, this comes down to food costs or fuel costs.

In the long term, do we really need this mandate? Is it actually helping with anything?

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Given the drought and the fact that 40% of the corn crop goes to ethanol production . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 OP

I typically buy gasoline without ethanol additive. OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #1

Where? 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 #3

Very few stations carry it, but they do disclose any ethanol additives if you ask. OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #6

No. Ethanol has been a total disaster. guardian Jul 2012 #2

I think the corn for food is different than corn for ethanol AngryAmish Jul 2012 #4

Ethanol production uses acreage... meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #5

You can eat feed corn. OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #7

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