Maybe I'm a bit altruistic I just thought of burning people food, when people are starving, to run our cars seemed warped. Hope they don't figure a way to make gas out of sirlion.

I believe that I DID mention them, Joel: The "agri-business lobbyists."

Jeff

What is particularly annoying is that we are paying huge bux for ethanol AND providing almost $10,000,000,000 in direct subsidies to corn growers, and getting no benefit. We could buy ethanol a lot cheaper from Brazil, where it is made more efficiently from sugar cane, and burn it if we want. Rum, not moonshine.

What I don't understand is how old Al gets blamed for this. Al is an ass. But the corn ethanol program and the "agri-business" lobby are all elephants. They do have the money to hire an ass when they need one.

Ethanol and methanol are good fuels. They were the preferred racing fuels in the teens and twenties. Alcohol fires can be put out with water, a huge advantage on a boat. But the flame is invisible, a big safety problem and not much of a crowd-pleaser at the tracks.

I ran methanol (camping stove fuel) in my Royal Enfield motorcycle back in '73 when it was hard to get gas. The bike came with the conversion kit: removable spacers under the cylinders and replacement jets with huge holes. It ran like a scalded cat at 14:1 compression and only slightly poorer mileage than with gas, thanks to the added efficiency. Nasty to kick start, tho.

Why can't they sell pure methanol (or E100) as a separate grade? Then, if you wanted to run it, you could convert your engine to use it properly and give up nothing. This business of sneaking it into gasoline is stupid, stupid, stupid. We need to elect more engineers and fewer lawyers.

I both agree and disagree with that statement..........................strongly.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."

If we are going to give the farmland owners money, just give it to them. The oil coming out of North Dakota now will make up any loss of ethanol.

Hey Jimski how bout telling moor about that tour on the girl, too funny

Every Red Blooded American should jump in line to support the Green Bay

Packers! The Packers defeated the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon thus

Earning them the opportunity to go to the Super Bowl. By doing so, they

Saved the Hard-Working, Red Blooded, Taxpaying Americans literally

Several million dollars of tax money. How you say? Simple... We were told

That if the Chicago Bears had won that President Obama (and probably his

Family) would be attending the Super Bowl to cheer on his hometown team.

Since the Bears lost...the President won't be attending. The money saved

From not using Air Force 1, the limosines, all the additional security,

And let's not forget Michelle Obama's entourage, is literally several

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Packers at the Super Bowl to show them our gratitude. Oh...and let's not

Forget to thank Chicago Bear's Quarterback Jay Cutler for his role in the

Packer's

Success! With that said...let's circulate this email to everyone we know

So they can understand why they should cheer for America's team...the

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Here in Pennsylvania, us "red blooded Americans" are supporting the Steelers!

Jeff