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Old 05-29-2009, 10:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Example. Claim: pollution from fossil fuels. Mandate: ethanol required in areas. Fact: ethanol has less Btu's than gasoline and results in less economy and now California is even recognizing that it generates more pollution. Real result: more gallons burned per mile generates more income for ponzi scheme of government road tax.
Not to mention that when you factor in the petroleum required (diesel for the tractors that work the corn fields, petro based fertilizers, energy required for distillation etc) you are burning more gallons of petro than you are creating in gallons of ethanol to produce about 30% less efficiency in the combustion chamber and polluting more.....

the greenies at their finest......
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