Replying to a message of Geo. to Bob.Ackley:

 G> From: "Geo." 

 G> "Bob.Ackley ."
 wrote in message
 G> news:a086cd.552a23{at}FidoNet.no-ip.info...

 >> I've run 10% ethanol in my vehicles since 1979, never had a problem
 >> with it. One problem it solves is gas line freezes in extremely cold
 >> weather, the alcohol doesn't allow moisture to build up in the gas
 >> tank.  It works like HEET in that regard, and you don't have to
 >> remember to add a bottle every fillup.

 G> Do you track your milage? In my truck, a 10% ethanol mix yeilds 20%
 G> less mpg.

Sorry about the delay in answering, there was a logjam somewhere upstream
that broke this morning and dumped 500+ messages from this group on me.

No I don't track mileage for comparison, one of my cars averages about 33
mpg on 10% ethanol and has managed as high as 40 mpg (don't know why
the disparity), the other gets about 20, but it's a turbo and would get lousy
mileage on anything.  I don't know what mileage either would get using
unblended gasoline.  My pickup gets horrible (8 mpg) mileage on everything,
and it stays parked a lot.

 G>>> Oh and
 G>>> using corn as an ethanol source, ADM is supermarket to the world, a
 G>>> food company, wonder how this will affect their bottom line. Get
 G>>> real..
 >> 
 >> Actually, Cargill handles more grain than does ADM.  In fact Cargill
 >> handles more grain than does anybody else, it's one of the biggest
 >> companies that nobody ever heard of.

 G> grain  corn

True.  Not all grain is corn, but all corn is grain.

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