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Originally Posted by 68gtoMN

This is but one side of the equation and to one specific use for the fuel. Sure, you can build an engine to take advantage of the inherent positive properties of ethanol (cooler running, higher resistance to detonation [octane]) and that makes it a great potential choice for the track. Running this in a passenger car does not, in my opinion, make economic or environmental sense. I have stacks of studies, reams of information about true cost to manufacture and the ancillary effects of ethanol production on food supply/prices and wetlands and dry lands and.... Regardless of which camp you find yourself in, Ethanol can not compete in the market as a regular fuel without massive subsidies. That point alone tells me nearly all I need to know.

68gtoMN - your making reference to food (corn) for ethanol dates your source(s), if you have the time watch the two You Tube video links in my first post and many of the myths are cleared up.

And I do agree ethanol is not the "end all beat all" but is a step in the right direction...atleast for some of us racers and performance enthusiasts.