Congress voted it down in Feb.
http://web.nace.org/departments/mark...x?ID=800418761
More problems for ethanol lobby.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/0...ethanol-lobby/
If the ethanol were made from sugar cane instead of corn (like they do it in Brazil) and IF it still didn't require fossil fuel to make ethanol and IF it didn't tear up all of my lawn equipment and turn to crap just sitting in my boat tank and IF it didn't require subsidy from the guberment and IF it didn't compete with our food supply, it might be a good idea.
Bush, Obama, Congress, the EPA and BIG CORN all have one thing in common, none of them mow their own grass. The ivory tower types don't have a clue. Meanwhile the working class man is paying out the arse for carb kits, lawnmower repair, tank cleaning, all sorts of additives. Where is Mercury, Yamaha, Bombardier, Suzuki in the lawsuits? Why aren't they on the top of the list? I am sure that somebody has a database full of warranty claims. Wouldn't they be considered third party? I do not blame the corn growers, the farmers have had a very tough time making a living.
One piece of rhetoric that I saw recently from the Corn Lobby, "America has never sent a soldier to fight for ethanol." Really, so all the farm tractors, pumps for irrigation, semi tractors to haul the corn, mining operations for the fertilizer, electricity at the refinery and blending all runs on CORN? I call Pants on Fire, what BS. I guess the memory of the men and women of our military that were dispatched to fight for freedom all over the globe and their families means exactly squat to the lobbyist. It strikes a nerve with me.
On a personal note my shoulder will never be right after the last session with my weed eater. Echo makes some good equipment but still does not make a primer ball or a fuel line kit that will hold up to ethanol. The fuel lines are fine, the rubber stopper they go thru that plugs the hole in the tank turns to goo. The EPA has not tested small engines nor considered the ramifications of putting power boaters at risk.