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	<title>Comments on: Changing Locomotion in Midstream: California&#039;s Ethanol Mandate (Part 3)</title>
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	<description>What is the future of fuel?  What&#039;s new?  What&#039;s next?  Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction.</description>
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		<title>By: Charlie Peters</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-5146</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Peters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Corn fuel ethanol stinks</description>
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		<title>By: Charlie Peters</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-26506</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Peters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Corn fuel ethanol stinks</description>
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		<title>By: Charlie Peters</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-26507</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Peters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Corn fuel ethanol stinks</description>
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		<title>By: Uncle B</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-5145</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does Pickins have a point with his liquefied natural gas and wind power play? Is there another solution in the offing? If the U.S. had chosen to be a moral people, and leaving Iraqi oil alone, and following Al Gore, decided to develop the South Western deserts, with the technology of the times - solar/thermal-molten sodium - electricity installations, for the same amount of money as that war cost, ($650 Billion), today, we would be tapping into the largest, renewable, sustainable, energy source the world has ever known. It would have paid every energy bill in the U.S.A. for maintenance fees only - FOREVER! It would be equivalent to an oil field that can NEVER run dry! Low cost electric power, and storeable hydrogen  gasoline replacement  from the electricity, for all!

After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!

The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich  Arabic saber dancing  daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see  http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does Pickins have a point with his liquefied natural gas and wind power play? Is there another solution in the offing? If the U.S. had chosen to be a moral people, and leaving Iraqi oil alone, and following Al Gore, decided to develop the South Western deserts, with the technology of the times &#8211; solar/thermal-molten sodium &#8211; electricity installations, for the same amount of money as that war cost, ($650 Billion), today, we would be tapping into the largest, renewable, sustainable, energy source the world has ever known. It would have paid every energy bill in the U.S.A. for maintenance fees only &#8211; FOREVER! It would be equivalent to an oil field that can NEVER run dry! Low cost electric power, and storeable hydrogen  gasoline replacement  from the electricity, for all!</p>
<p>After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!</p>
<p>The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich  Arabic saber dancing  daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see  <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan</a>)</p>
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		<title>By: Uncle B</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-26505</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does Pickins have a point with his liquefied natural gas and wind power play? Is there another solution in the offing? If the U.S. had chosen to be a moral people, and leaving Iraqi oil alone, and following Al Gore, decided to develop the South Western deserts, with the technology of the times - solar/thermal-molten sodium - electricity installations, for the same amount of money as that war cost, ($650 Billion), today, we would be tapping into the largest, renewable, sustainable, energy source the world has ever known. It would have paid every energy bill in the U.S.A. for maintenance fees only - FOREVER! It would be equivalent to an oil field that can NEVER run dry! Low cost electric power, and storeable hydrogen  gasoline replacement  from the electricity, for all!

After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!

The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich  Arabic saber dancing  daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see  http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does Pickins have a point with his liquefied natural gas and wind power play? Is there another solution in the offing? If the U.S. had chosen to be a moral people, and leaving Iraqi oil alone, and following Al Gore, decided to develop the South Western deserts, with the technology of the times &#8211; solar/thermal-molten sodium &#8211; electricity installations, for the same amount of money as that war cost, ($650 Billion), today, we would be tapping into the largest, renewable, sustainable, energy source the world has ever known. It would have paid every energy bill in the U.S.A. for maintenance fees only &#8211; FOREVER! It would be equivalent to an oil field that can NEVER run dry! Low cost electric power, and storeable hydrogen  gasoline replacement  from the electricity, for all!</p>
<p>After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!</p>
<p>The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich  Arabic saber dancing  daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see  <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan</a>)</p>
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		<title>By: Changing Locomotion in Midstream: California’s Ethanol Mandate &#171; &#8220;Community Funded Reporting&#8221; Spot.Us</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-5144</link>
		<dc:creator>Changing Locomotion in Midstream: California’s Ethanol Mandate &#171; &#8220;Community Funded Reporting&#8221; Spot.Us</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Part 3: How to Move A Billion Gallons of Fuel from Iowa to California [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Jeff Baker</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-5143</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel you buy is heavily subsidized, even while oil companies make record breaking multi-billion dollar profits. The subsidies we pay on OIL BASED fuel is 6 times higher than what we pay on ethanol and biodiesel. Our economy is vulnerable and subject to disruption, because over 65% of our fuel is made from imported foreign oil, which we pay for mostly with IOUs. On our $10 Trillion National Debt and our yearly $750 Billion Trade Deficit, we pay interest to the privately owned Federal Reserve Corporation, interest collected by the IRS at tax time. This debt is accumulating at a rate we cannot sustain.



The U.S. floats a huge trade deficit with oil producing countries. This year our foreign oil trade deficit will be about $500 Billion in additional consumption debt. Since our money is backed by NOTHING, we pay for deficit foreign oil with IOUs. They trade them in for American stocks, real estate, and Government Bonds, which we pay interest on. If we continue to trade away our assets and go into debt to buy foreign oil, generations will be enslaved by the Federal Reserve, and foreign oil producing countries will own our assets.



AMERICANS ARE GOING INTO DEBT TO BUY FOREIGN OIL. When you buy gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a HIDDEN COST. When tax time comes around, you will also pay floating interest on up to 60 percent of the fuel you bought – on the portion that was made from imported oil and paid for with a debt instrument. Buy gasoline made with foreign oil, and you will be paying floating interest on up to 60% of it. Buy domestically produced ethanol or bio-diesel, and pay zero interest. Eliminate foreign oil entirely, and you will be energy independent.



Besides reducing Debt Consumption, there are other good reasons to support domestic bio-fuels. A Merrill Lynch study concludes that we save 15% at the pump with cheaper ethanol blended into our gasoline. This year, that will save us about $70 Billion. The biofuels industry is a brightspot in our economy. States that have well-developed ethanol industries, like Iowa and Nebraska, now have cheap fuel and huge budget surpluses. Subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel creates jobs, stimulates our economy, and generates County, State, and Federal tax revenue. Money back in your pocket. Do the math. We are now spending more than $250 Billion a year to protect wealthy oil war interests abroad. Add that to the price of your gasoline, diesel fuel, and your airline ticket. Would you rather pay a price fixing Cartel and hostile foreign governments for your fuel? Or would you prefer to support the American Farmers who feed you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel you buy is heavily subsidized, even while oil companies make record breaking multi-billion dollar profits. The subsidies we pay on OIL BASED fuel is 6 times higher than what we pay on ethanol and biodiesel. Our economy is vulnerable and subject to disruption, because over 65% of our fuel is made from imported foreign oil, which we pay for mostly with IOUs. On our $10 Trillion National Debt and our yearly $750 Billion Trade Deficit, we pay interest to the privately owned Federal Reserve Corporation, interest collected by the IRS at tax time. This debt is accumulating at a rate we cannot sustain.</p>
<p>The U.S. floats a huge trade deficit with oil producing countries. This year our foreign oil trade deficit will be about $500 Billion in additional consumption debt. Since our money is backed by NOTHING, we pay for deficit foreign oil with IOUs. They trade them in for American stocks, real estate, and Government Bonds, which we pay interest on. If we continue to trade away our assets and go into debt to buy foreign oil, generations will be enslaved by the Federal Reserve, and foreign oil producing countries will own our assets.</p>
<p>AMERICANS ARE GOING INTO DEBT TO BUY FOREIGN OIL. When you buy gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a HIDDEN COST. When tax time comes around, you will also pay floating interest on up to 60 percent of the fuel you bought – on the portion that was made from imported oil and paid for with a debt instrument. Buy gasoline made with foreign oil, and you will be paying floating interest on up to 60% of it. Buy domestically produced ethanol or bio-diesel, and pay zero interest. Eliminate foreign oil entirely, and you will be energy independent.</p>
<p>Besides reducing Debt Consumption, there are other good reasons to support domestic bio-fuels. A Merrill Lynch study concludes that we save 15% at the pump with cheaper ethanol blended into our gasoline. This year, that will save us about $70 Billion. The biofuels industry is a brightspot in our economy. States that have well-developed ethanol industries, like Iowa and Nebraska, now have cheap fuel and huge budget surpluses. Subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel creates jobs, stimulates our economy, and generates County, State, and Federal tax revenue. Money back in your pocket. Do the math. We are now spending more than $250 Billion a year to protect wealthy oil war interests abroad. Add that to the price of your gasoline, diesel fuel, and your airline ticket. Would you rather pay a price fixing Cartel and hostile foreign governments for your fuel? Or would you prefer to support the American Farmers who feed you?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Baker</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-26503</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel you buy is heavily subsidized, even while oil companies make record breaking multi-billion dollar profits. The subsidies we pay on OIL BASED fuel is 6 times higher than what we pay on ethanol and biodiesel. Our economy is vulnerable and subject to disruption, because over 65% of our fuel is made from imported foreign oil, which we pay for mostly with IOUs. On our $10 Trillion National Debt and our yearly $750 Billion Trade Deficit, we pay interest to the privately owned Federal Reserve Corporation, interest collected by the IRS at tax time. This debt is accumulating at a rate we cannot sustain.



The U.S. floats a huge trade deficit with oil producing countries. This year our foreign oil trade deficit will be about $500 Billion in additional consumption debt. Since our money is backed by NOTHING, we pay for deficit foreign oil with IOUs. They trade them in for American stocks, real estate, and Government Bonds, which we pay interest on. If we continue to trade away our assets and go into debt to buy foreign oil, generations will be enslaved by the Federal Reserve, and foreign oil producing countries will own our assets.



AMERICANS ARE GOING INTO DEBT TO BUY FOREIGN OIL. When you buy gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a HIDDEN COST. When tax time comes around, you will also pay floating interest on up to 60 percent of the fuel you bought – on the portion that was made from imported oil and paid for with a debt instrument. Buy gasoline made with foreign oil, and you will be paying floating interest on up to 60% of it. Buy domestically produced ethanol or bio-diesel, and pay zero interest. Eliminate foreign oil entirely, and you will be energy independent.



Besides reducing Debt Consumption, there are other good reasons to support domestic bio-fuels. A Merrill Lynch study concludes that we save 15% at the pump with cheaper ethanol blended into our gasoline. This year, that will save us about $70 Billion. The biofuels industry is a brightspot in our economy. States that have well-developed ethanol industries, like Iowa and Nebraska, now have cheap fuel and huge budget surpluses. Subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel creates jobs, stimulates our economy, and generates County, State, and Federal tax revenue. Money back in your pocket. Do the math. We are now spending more than $250 Billion a year to protect wealthy oil war interests abroad. Add that to the price of your gasoline, diesel fuel, and your airline ticket. Would you rather pay a price fixing Cartel and hostile foreign governments for your fuel? Or would you prefer to support the American Farmers who feed you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel you buy is heavily subsidized, even while oil companies make record breaking multi-billion dollar profits. The subsidies we pay on OIL BASED fuel is 6 times higher than what we pay on ethanol and biodiesel. Our economy is vulnerable and subject to disruption, because over 65% of our fuel is made from imported foreign oil, which we pay for mostly with IOUs. On our $10 Trillion National Debt and our yearly $750 Billion Trade Deficit, we pay interest to the privately owned Federal Reserve Corporation, interest collected by the IRS at tax time. This debt is accumulating at a rate we cannot sustain.</p>
<p>The U.S. floats a huge trade deficit with oil producing countries. This year our foreign oil trade deficit will be about $500 Billion in additional consumption debt. Since our money is backed by NOTHING, we pay for deficit foreign oil with IOUs. They trade them in for American stocks, real estate, and Government Bonds, which we pay interest on. If we continue to trade away our assets and go into debt to buy foreign oil, generations will be enslaved by the Federal Reserve, and foreign oil producing countries will own our assets.</p>
<p>AMERICANS ARE GOING INTO DEBT TO BUY FOREIGN OIL. When you buy gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a HIDDEN COST. When tax time comes around, you will also pay floating interest on up to 60 percent of the fuel you bought – on the portion that was made from imported oil and paid for with a debt instrument. Buy gasoline made with foreign oil, and you will be paying floating interest on up to 60% of it. Buy domestically produced ethanol or bio-diesel, and pay zero interest. Eliminate foreign oil entirely, and you will be energy independent.</p>
<p>Besides reducing Debt Consumption, there are other good reasons to support domestic bio-fuels. A Merrill Lynch study concludes that we save 15% at the pump with cheaper ethanol blended into our gasoline. This year, that will save us about $70 Billion. The biofuels industry is a brightspot in our economy. States that have well-developed ethanol industries, like Iowa and Nebraska, now have cheap fuel and huge budget surpluses. Subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel creates jobs, stimulates our economy, and generates County, State, and Federal tax revenue. Money back in your pocket. Do the math. We are now spending more than $250 Billion a year to protect wealthy oil war interests abroad. Add that to the price of your gasoline, diesel fuel, and your airline ticket. Would you rather pay a price fixing Cartel and hostile foreign governments for your fuel? Or would you prefer to support the American Farmers who feed you?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Baker</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-26504</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel you buy is heavily subsidized, even while oil companies make record breaking multi-billion dollar profits. The subsidies we pay on OIL BASED fuel is 6 times higher than what we pay on ethanol and biodiesel. Our economy is vulnerable and subject to disruption, because over 65% of our fuel is made from imported foreign oil, which we pay for mostly with IOUs. On our $10 Trillion National Debt and our yearly $750 Billion Trade Deficit, we pay interest to the privately owned Federal Reserve Corporation, interest collected by the IRS at tax time. This debt is accumulating at a rate we cannot sustain.



The U.S. floats a huge trade deficit with oil producing countries. This year our foreign oil trade deficit will be about $500 Billion in additional consumption debt. Since our money is backed by NOTHING, we pay for deficit foreign oil with IOUs. They trade them in for American stocks, real estate, and Government Bonds, which we pay interest on. If we continue to trade away our assets and go into debt to buy foreign oil, generations will be enslaved by the Federal Reserve, and foreign oil producing countries will own our assets.



AMERICANS ARE GOING INTO DEBT TO BUY FOREIGN OIL. When you buy gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a HIDDEN COST. When tax time comes around, you will also pay floating interest on up to 60 percent of the fuel you bought – on the portion that was made from imported oil and paid for with a debt instrument. Buy gasoline made with foreign oil, and you will be paying floating interest on up to 60% of it. Buy domestically produced ethanol or bio-diesel, and pay zero interest. Eliminate foreign oil entirely, and you will be energy independent.



Besides reducing Debt Consumption, there are other good reasons to support domestic bio-fuels. A Merrill Lynch study concludes that we save 15% at the pump with cheaper ethanol blended into our gasoline. This year, that will save us about $70 Billion. The biofuels industry is a brightspot in our economy. States that have well-developed ethanol industries, like Iowa and Nebraska, now have cheap fuel and huge budget surpluses. Subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel creates jobs, stimulates our economy, and generates County, State, and Federal tax revenue. Money back in your pocket. Do the math. We are now spending more than $250 Billion a year to protect wealthy oil war interests abroad. Add that to the price of your gasoline, diesel fuel, and your airline ticket. Would you rather pay a price fixing Cartel and hostile foreign governments for your fuel? Or would you prefer to support the American Farmers who feed you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel you buy is heavily subsidized, even while oil companies make record breaking multi-billion dollar profits. The subsidies we pay on OIL BASED fuel is 6 times higher than what we pay on ethanol and biodiesel. Our economy is vulnerable and subject to disruption, because over 65% of our fuel is made from imported foreign oil, which we pay for mostly with IOUs. On our $10 Trillion National Debt and our yearly $750 Billion Trade Deficit, we pay interest to the privately owned Federal Reserve Corporation, interest collected by the IRS at tax time. This debt is accumulating at a rate we cannot sustain.</p>
<p>The U.S. floats a huge trade deficit with oil producing countries. This year our foreign oil trade deficit will be about $500 Billion in additional consumption debt. Since our money is backed by NOTHING, we pay for deficit foreign oil with IOUs. They trade them in for American stocks, real estate, and Government Bonds, which we pay interest on. If we continue to trade away our assets and go into debt to buy foreign oil, generations will be enslaved by the Federal Reserve, and foreign oil producing countries will own our assets.</p>
<p>AMERICANS ARE GOING INTO DEBT TO BUY FOREIGN OIL. When you buy gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a HIDDEN COST. When tax time comes around, you will also pay floating interest on up to 60 percent of the fuel you bought – on the portion that was made from imported oil and paid for with a debt instrument. Buy gasoline made with foreign oil, and you will be paying floating interest on up to 60% of it. Buy domestically produced ethanol or bio-diesel, and pay zero interest. Eliminate foreign oil entirely, and you will be energy independent.</p>
<p>Besides reducing Debt Consumption, there are other good reasons to support domestic bio-fuels. A Merrill Lynch study concludes that we save 15% at the pump with cheaper ethanol blended into our gasoline. This year, that will save us about $70 Billion. The biofuels industry is a brightspot in our economy. States that have well-developed ethanol industries, like Iowa and Nebraska, now have cheap fuel and huge budget surpluses. Subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel creates jobs, stimulates our economy, and generates County, State, and Federal tax revenue. Money back in your pocket. Do the math. We are now spending more than $250 Billion a year to protect wealthy oil war interests abroad. Add that to the price of your gasoline, diesel fuel, and your airline ticket. Would you rather pay a price fixing Cartel and hostile foreign governments for your fuel? Or would you prefer to support the American Farmers who feed you?</p>
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		<title>By: Anandakos</title>
		<link>http://gas2.org/2008/09/03/changing-locomotion-in-midstream-californias-ethanol-mandate-part-3/#comment-5142</link>
		<dc:creator>Anandakos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Folks, you&#039;re missing the point.  This article is about ethanol used as an oxygenate for smog reduction.  Whether or not there&#039;s an &quot;ethanol conspiracy&quot;, once MTBE was shown to be a vicious carcinogen, California didn&#039;t have any other realistic choice but to use ethanol.



The arguments against corn-based ethanol as a bio-fuel are well made.  But they&#039;re beside the point in a discussion of oxygenates:  the choices are Tetra Ethyl Lead (the American Original), Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether--MTBE, or ethanol.  Ethanol is by FAR the least harmful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks, you&#8217;re missing the point.  This article is about ethanol used as an oxygenate for smog reduction.  Whether or not there&#8217;s an &#8220;ethanol conspiracy&#8221;, once MTBE was shown to be a vicious carcinogen, California didn&#8217;t have any other realistic choice but to use ethanol.</p>
<p>The arguments against corn-based ethanol as a bio-fuel are well made.  But they&#8217;re beside the point in a discussion of oxygenates:  the choices are Tetra Ethyl Lead (the American Original), Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether&#8211;MTBE, or ethanol.  Ethanol is by FAR the least harmful.</p>
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