Date:         Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:58:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
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Hey Don, its the Vanagon List!   You can run for office on Frydayes
maybe...  ;)

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ten percent ethanol knocks my mileage down about 15%.  I try to avoid it,
> > following VW recommendations.  I can do that in Oklahoma, but not
> > everywhere.  Now we hear that vendors will be going to 15% ethanol.  What
> > part of burning food for motor fuel is stupid do people not understand?
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> > >
> >
>   Isn't there data showing there are more effective ways to make ethanol?
> Ways that waste less food-producing farm land? The US, we make the stuff
> from corn, right?  And we pay Ag-business a  big fat corn-subsidy, to help
> us "get off oil"?
>  It's my understanding that there are crops other than corn that work
> significantly better, but we don't pay the Ag-business to grow those. We
> lose out.   We get to pay extra, at the pump and at tax time and at the
> grocery store.
>



--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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