Re: Unleaded 88/E15 Facts

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, Michael Trew wrote:

On 11/24/2024 10:40 PM, JAB wrote:

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:52:10 -0500, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
 

Facts?

 A 2022 study found that a nationwide standard for E15 would:
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     Save consumers $20.6 billion in annual fuel costs,
     Put an additional $36.3 billion in income into the pockets of
American households,
     Support an additional 188,000 jobs, and
     Generate $66.3 billion for the U.S. GDP.
  https://growthenergy.org/2023/10/27/lower-cost-lower-carbon-e15-unl88/

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...And waste giant swaths of our land to farm corn, near 100 million acres so far.  The US is the largest producer and exporter of corn, yet still nearly half of our corn is farmed *just* for *our* ethanol use. What a horrendous waste of resources.  Nearly half of our fresh water is used for agriculture, I wonder how much water is wasted on corn fuel? Fresh ground water is a finite resource in many areas, and still the ethanol industry wants us to waste more resources to farm more corn.
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We should be building more fuel efficient vehicles instead of worrying about corn fuel.  Why does my 1993 Geo Metro still get an honest-to-God 47 MPG over 30 years later, but modern SUV's can't come close?  Easy, car manufacturers make more money selling SUV's and trucks, so that's what is promoted...  Fuel mileage, costs, and the environment be damned.
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I am against using corn for fuel, as long as there are people starving in the world.