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9. You can buy real gasoline in North Dakota.

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 01:51 PM

Jan 2012

My car (2004 Chevy model) got around 24 miles per gallon around town.
I moved to Kansas City. Both Missouri and Kansas sell ethanol mandated by law. My millage dropped to around 19/20 MPG.
I finally found a place in Independence that sells real gasoline. My mileage is back up to around 24 MPG again. It is premium and it costs a bit more, but my car has a little more get-up-and-go again and it is longer between fill ups. (I normally keep track of my gas mileage, so I know for sure.)

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After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires [View all] alp227 Jan 2012 OP

Thank goodness. Mister Ed Jan 2012 #1

I completely agree. I don't understand WHY we haven't made any real progress on the energy front. tropicanarose Jan 2012 #6

I do... ut oh Jan 2012 #10

Good. We can use the corn to feed people and farm animals instead of burning it up meow2u3 Jan 2012 #2

"Fiscal conservatives joined liberal environmentalists to kill it" Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #3

Ethanol added to gasoline.. sendero Jan 2012 #4

Al Gore was (back then). n/t hughee99 Jan 2012 #14

Now.... sendero Jan 2012 #5

Small step in the right direction. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #7

Finally Gringostan Jan 2012 #8

You can buy real gasoline in North Dakota. RC Jan 2012 #9

Too bad christx30 Jan 2012 #11

and of course Jeb Bush was in charge of the ethanol producers' associaition.... robinlynne Jan 2012 #12

Turning food into motor fuel is stupid. n/t PuffedMica Jan 2012 #13