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Old 03-29-2013, 02:21 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by robmac View Post
Ethanol was put in for one reson and one reson only to help the auto manufacturers meet current and upcoming emission standards with winimal further investment on their part. You add a natural hydrocarbon to an un natural hydrocarbon and miricle emission issue solved. Tech have been doing it since the first sniffer went in a tailpipe in CA. Just my 2 pennies
Not sure this is a correct theory. I have seen many articles that emissions coming from the E-10 are worse than the old gas. MPG dimishes with ethanol. Ethanol was put in and stays in because it all tied to farm sudsbidies the Government doles out.
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