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CarSpace Alternate RouteTurn off the nav system, crumple up that MapQuest printout, and let's find out where the next random turn may take us! Mar 9, 2009 - Just Say No
Corn does not make a good fuel for our vehicles. The heavily subsidized industry has succeeded in reducing the mileage of my vehicles by a solid 10% from the instant ethanol-blended fuel hit my tank. Someone is going to have to explain to me how a 10% blend of ethanol that forces me to use 10% more fuel is reducing my consumption of oil at all. It's certainly not saving me any money. But now, the nation's ethanol producers are urging the Obama administration to raise the 10 percent limit on ethanol in motor fuel to 15 percent or more, a move they hope will create new demand at a time when many distilleries are idle. "This is about jobs, energy security for America, improving the environment and meeting our legal responsibilities under the 2007 energy bill," said retired Gen. Wesley Clark, co-chairman of a group of ethanol firms called Growth Energy. Brilliant move Mr. Clark. Take something that doesn't work and force us to use more of it? Read the entire article at washingtonpost.com
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