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Originally Posted by dippasan
To add insult to injury, the fossil fuels and carbon footprint to produce the ethanol in E-10 is greater than had the E-10 not been in the fuel to begin with. i.e. fertilizer for the corn, fuel and equipment to plant, harvest, process, deliver the corn and manufacture the E-10. On top of that I can only imagine how much gasoline with E-10 is disposed of, properly or improperly each year because it performs so poorly after such a short period of time.
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There is also another little gem in regards to Ethanol. It directly affects how efficient the fuel is atomized and therefore how well it burns. As a rule it's combustion properties are far worse leading to more unburned fuel being expelled through the exhaust and therefore needing more catalyst to compensate. The whole idea is bad in so many ways, but the idea that somehow we are "growing" our fuel seems to trump the laundry list of side affects. As has already been mentioned, this is why it is so important to pay attention to what our elected officials are doing, and when necessary throw the bums out of office.