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Default Ethanol subsidy and boating

On Jun 18, 1:56*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
The demise of the ethanol subsidy for fuels is the best thing to
happen to boating in the past few years. *In many places, it has
become very difficult to get ethanol free fuels to operate boat motors
and ethanol in boat fuels has caused major problems and even destroyed
many boat motors. *Fuel explosions have even occurred on boats due to
the ethanol dissolving fuel lines.
It has been known for a long time that making ethanol from corn is an
energy sink, it takes more energy to produce the ethanol than energy
saved. *Even worse, it drive up the cost of food and causes vehicles
to be less fuel efficient.
Why did it take a Republican house to finally do what anybody with
more than two neurons could see needed to be done?
CONGRESS FINALLY DID SOMETHING RIGHT.


I don't think it took a rep or dem house to figure it out. it came
down to the bottom line. Subsidies are going to be cut for the ethanol
plants.

burning corn squeezin's costs more all the way around, and isn't green
like originally thought/planned.