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Shell Gasonline
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<blockquote data-quote="TrainTrac" data-source="post: 879917" data-attributes="member: 55399"><p>Todd C's correct. It was Federally mandated that 10% Ethanol replace MTBE as an additive nationwide back in about 2004 I believe. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Though I can't help but think that the farm lobby had a great deal of influence in this also. Ethanol already can't survive in the open market without subsidies, so having the Fed gov't make it a mandatory additive to gasoline would be a plus for an industry that is already sucking taxpayer dollars in the form of subsidies to survive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the long run though, does it really reduce emissions? With all the extra emissions caused by the production of ethanol (tractors, combines, grain trucks, etc.) and the fact that it can't be transported by pipeline, it seems like it burns <em>more</em> fuel to produce it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrainTrac, post: 879917, member: 55399"] Todd C's correct. It was Federally mandated that 10% Ethanol replace MTBE as an additive nationwide back in about 2004 I believe. Though I can't help but think that the farm lobby had a great deal of influence in this also. Ethanol already can't survive in the open market without subsidies, so having the Fed gov't make it a mandatory additive to gasoline would be a plus for an industry that is already sucking taxpayer dollars in the form of subsidies to survive. In the long run though, does it really reduce emissions? With all the extra emissions caused by the production of ethanol (tractors, combines, grain trucks, etc.) and the fact that it can't be transported by pipeline, it seems like it burns [i]more[/i] fuel to produce it. [/QUOTE]
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