To my surprise- I find out via this Associated Press news article that begininng January 1- Missouri will require all gasoline sold be a blend of ethanol.
To my even further surprise- that corn-based alcohol has been at Missouri's gas pumps for months now.
Hell- I'm in the news business and didn't even know this was going on. Is this going to- in any way- damage my vehicle that is not built to accomodate alternative fuels?
IMHO- ethanol is a false and wrong answer to getting off the teat of Middle Eastern oil. It takes FAR more energy- and precious ground/surface water- to produce corn to make fuel.
More importantly- it's taking one our most important FOOD crops to make ethanol- and the rise in food prices have already offset any savings at the fuel pump.
Who came up with this program? Morons???
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