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Why are we still using ethanol in our gasoline?
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:20 pm
A refreshing turn away from electric vehicles but our lawmakers are curiously silent on ethanol.
Maybe a good number of farmers are also welfare queens?
#IowaCaucus
Maybe a good number of farmers are also welfare queens?
#IowaCaucus
This post was edited on 7/21/25 at 7:22 pm
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Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:21 pm to weagle1999
Farmer subsidies. Next question?
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:22 pm to weagle1999
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Maybe a good number of farmers are also welfare queens?
To destroy small engines and bring agony to people like me. Oh and yeah keep grain prices up so farmers get a cut of the funds.
This post was edited on 7/21/25 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:22 pm to weagle1999
I know the car corn is different... but it will never cease to amaze me that as long as there are starving, hungry or food insecure people in our country and across the globe- people we subsidize, be they here or abroad... that we are feeding corn to our dadgum automobiles.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:23 pm to weagle1999
Well I seent a YT short yesterday of some lobbyist heading into the Iowa State Legislature yesterday fully prepared to discuss the "losses" they would incur due to this coke going to sugar move. The "losses", while Iowa could sell as much corn as they wanted to around the globe. Iowa having a sitting US Senator that's 975 years old helps, too. No one is going to cross him.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:24 pm to weagle1999
ADM & Bob Dole was what I always heard. Never was curious enough to confirm.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:30 pm to Warboo
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To destroy small engines
Just get a new carb ffs. They are like $20 on Amazon
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:35 pm to weagle1999
Corn lobby.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:37 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Just get a new carb ffs. They are like $20 on Amazon
You get a new carb and change it out. Mean while I will use ethanol free gas and let you get the Amazon deliveries.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:39 pm to weagle1999
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but our lawmakers are curiously silent on ethanol.
I vaguely remember Chuck Grassley and Jonnie Ernst pushing Trump on the campaign trail to support Iowa corn and that means ethanol subsidies.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:44 pm to weagle1999
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A refreshing turn away from electric vehicles but our lawmakers are curiously silent on ethanol.
Maybe a good number of farmers are also welfare queens?
#IowaCaucus
I asked Google AI how much money in the federal budget subsidizes ethanol production? Google AI said it was difficult to determine the total cost for ethanol subsidies but it is in the billions annually.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:45 pm to weagle1999
Ethanol is the anti-knock agent of choice. It replaced MTBE which was leaching into groundwater and has known environmental risks. MTBE replaced tetraethyl lead which has major health risks.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:47 pm to weagle1999
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A refreshing turn away from electric vehicles but our lawmakers are curiously silent on ethanol.
Maybe a good number of farmers are also welfare queens?
#IowaCaucus
Facts, it's bullshite. They tried to get it removed with a bill, but the famer lobbyists squashed it.
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:48 pm to Bmath
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Ethanol is the anti-knock agent of choice. It replaced MTBE which was leaching into groundwater and has known environmental risks. MTBE replaced tetraethyl lead which has major health risks.
That is 100% NOT why we have ethanol in our gasoline.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:48 pm to weagle1999
Because the corn industry needs alternative markets. We really do not eat much of the supply. Most of it goes to feed for animals
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:51 pm to Bmath
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Ethanol is the anti-knock agent of choice. It replaced MTBE which was leaching into groundwater and has known environmental risks. MTBE replaced tetraethyl lead which has major health risks.
I use non ethanol gas all the time in my cars and boats. What is the anti knocking agent in non ethanol gasoline? Just higher molecular weight hydrocarbons to raise the octane level? (I hate that term because chemically it’s a misnomer).
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:52 pm to weagle1999
Because Iowa is a swing state.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:54 pm to 4cubbies
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Because Iowa is a swing state.
This is the answer.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:55 pm to weagle1999
Kiss the corn cob ring you cucks.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:57 pm to GumboPot
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