On one hand I think we need to get away from buying oil overseas. We could drill more at home or find other sources of power. On the other hand I have a real problem with subsidized and or mandated products so we will buy them.
Ethanol is not the cure all some make it out to be. Yes it works well in my pickup because I use a full tank a week. I get a little less mileage at a lower cost per gallon. Even if it cost a few cents more a mile I am OK with that because it gets us away from oil. But in my boat; tractor or lawn mower where it may sit for a few weeks ethanol can sure be a pain. The problem comes from humidity and the fact that ethanol attracts water. Just from normal expansion and contraction of the fuel from hot summer days draws in outside air bring water with it.
While I can reduce this problem by keeping my tanks full all the time this becomes a pain in the rear over time.
So while ethanol may help our farmers with higher price corn it still is not a 100% cure. If the government were to mandate ethanol in every gallon of gas we would have real problems here in the deep south where our humidity runs 95% on a regular basis.
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