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2014-04-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

Study: Fuels from corn waste not better than gas

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-04-21 09:15|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government...

Expect a $1 million study soon saying that corn fuels are the best thing since tummy rubs and the scientists who did this one to have their grant money dry up.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-04-21 09:16|| 2014-04-21 09:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Circa 1919: Lead added to gas. It will cost a bit more, but your vehicle will run better and more efficiently.

Circa 1970: Unleaded gas introduced. It will cost a bit more, but it will be much better for the environment.

Circa 2005: Ethanol added to gasoline. It will cost a bit more, but it will help keep the environment safe.

Circa 2014: Ethanol-free gasoline to be introduced. It will cost a bit more, but.......

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-21 09:50|| 2014-04-21 09:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Besoeker: http://pure-gas.org/.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-04-21 11:21|| 2014-04-21 11:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks TFSM. BP sells it down in the village. It's around $4.00 per gallon. Weed Eater, Stihl saw, and F-150 love it.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-21 11:25|| 2014-04-21 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Nuclear power leads the pack by a longshot on safe clean carbon-free energy yet the luddites in the environmental movement still treat nuclear as if it has the cooties because they don't want solutions, they want to veto every options, be holier than thou and pray the masses die. Sick bastards.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-04-21 15:34|| 2014-04-21 15:34|| Front Page Top

#6 I see where Southern Company just partnered with Ted Turner on an idle wind farm in California :-(

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-21 17:39|| 2014-04-21 17:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Back in the 80's Popular Science did a study of all kinds of alternative fuels.

From all aspects the conclusion of the study was was gas is best.

Posted by Kelly 2014-04-21 19:23|| 2014-04-21 19:23|| Front Page Top

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