[sailingdog]

Obviously, you're not letting facts get in the way of your post. It has been proven that the E10 gasoline was attacking older fiberglass gasoline tanks. Alcohol can damage things that gasoline doesn't touch because it is both polar on one end and non-polar on the other... It can also act to emulsify water and gasoline.

Ethanol is not carbon neutral. Given that most of the ethanol in this country is made from corn and that petroleum derived fertilizers and petroleum fueled equipment is used to plant, grow, harvest and process the corn and turn it into ethanol, it is not as green or sustainable a fuel as the propagandists would like you to believe.

It also doesn't burn so clean that the exhaust is safe to breathe... go ahead, and do that for a while and see if the carbon monoxide doesn't kill you... it will...

While they're not cutting down forest in the USA, they are cutting down valuable rainforest in South America to make more room for ethanol-production corn stocks.

Originally Posted by copacabana

Saying that ethanol can hurt your tanks or engine is just rubbish. If they can stand up to gasoline, which can remove paint and dissolve rubber, it can take ethanol, which is so mild you can use it to clean sensitive electronics. There is so much misinformation when it comes to the new ‘green’ fuels it’s astonishing. I run my car on 100% ethanol and I couldn’t be happier. It’s less than half the price at the pump, burns so clean you can put your nose to the tailpipe and it just has a faint alcohol smell and it is “good” for the environment (carbon neutral). It’s also a renewable resource, employs a great deal of people and, although imperfect, is a step toward the inevitable weaning off oil. What’s the big deal with 10% or 15% ethanol content in your gas? You wouldn’t know it was there unless someone told you it was. Furthermore, I really don’t believe people are cutting down forest in the US to plant corn to make ethanol. Where did you get this information from?