Mileage (mpg) Using Ethanol Seen 20% Higher Than EPA Says - Bloomberg

[wercal]

91. You really have no idea do you?

I'm going to let you in on a little secret:

Until very recently, Microsoft did not sell computers.

Got that?

Dell and Gateway sell computers. They opt to manufacture computers that run Windows...and they buy a product for Microsoft (Windows) to install on these computers.

Got that?

So what was the lawsuit about?

1. Microsoft was bundling IE with Windows, so that it was virtually impossible to by a PC without IE.

2. Microsoft was writing code to make other browsers less than optimally compatible with Windows.

I've tried to re-write your analogy several different ways...but its so very wrong, it can't be salvaged. But suffice it to say, contrary to your deluded belief, Microsoft (the gas station) was not forced to sell other company's browsers (E85) as part of their settlement. Rather, they had to make their code available, so third part browser vendors could make their products more compatible with windows.

My earlier analogy was much, much better. They don't sell Big Macs at Burger King. And nobody should force them to.

Now you seem to be fixated on the oil company's better distribution. So lets look at another analogy. There is a small chain in Kansas called 'Spangles'. It started here, and they probably have a half dozen burger stores. They have opened two in my town in recent years.

Why did they open their own stores?

To sell hamburgers, or course.

But why couldn't some judge force Burger King to give them floorspace? Its only fair - they already have the network of stores set up, they already have a brand name established...it would be just too difficult for Spangles to compete with them toe to toe. Spangles should sue, to get a little corner of every Burger King, for their own use. Then when they 'get off the ground', they can open their own stores.

That is ridiculous of course. Just as ridiculous as your belief that oil companies should be forcibly compelled to sell a competing product in their own restaurants.

Now Spangles continues to grow, competing directly against Burger King...the restaurants are only a few hundred feet apart in my town. How on earth does little old Spangles compete with the likes of big oil Burger King? Well, their prices are low and their product is as good or better than Burger King's. Two things - match 'em on price, and match 'em on quality. Ethanol does neither