Gas question
Sometimes I get bad gas, sometimes I get good gas. With a barrel of oil being so cheap, it it going to make adding ethanol to gasoline a cost prohibitive idea with so much surplus gasoline availa...
Forum Discussion
beemerphile1 wrote:coolbreeze01 wrote:
Ethanol is subsidized by tax payers.
Ethanol is not a choice for the gasoline companies, it is a government mandate that is subsidized by the taxpayers. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing I am helping the environment! TIC
Yup, Ethanol is mandated. The relative price of gas vs ethanol is totally irrelevant. Well, ok, mostly irrelevant. The purpose it serves is a reduction in pollutants, and it is a much safer additive than the compound in replaced, which had a propensity for leaking from fuel tanks and contaminating ground waters, and then getting into drinking water. Ethanol, however, even if it does get into ground water, is not a cancer causing agent, like the previous stuff.
