Another reason for high prices now, is that some states have
mandated a ratio of E85 to regular petroleum gasoline in
pump sales. But there is a shortage of alcohol so when they
run out of E85 they can't sell straight gasoline. Maybe the
President's lifting the EPA rules will also alter state law,
he is blamed for the shortage, hope he has the power to wave
a magic wand and fix the market shortage of refineries,
distillation plants and political unrest in the world. But
it isn't that easy.
First thing, build more refineries, second nuke IRAN so that
the uncertainty about the future supply will go away. It
will also remind a lot of people that it is better to fight
a nuclear war when only one side has the bomb. We will use
small, 3 to 300 kilo ton deep earth penetrating bombs to
take out the underground hardened factories with minimal
above ground damage or radiation release. As the Fonz said,
"You've got to hit someone every once in a while" to keep
your reputation.


Jim

"John" wrote in message
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| To those who fly with STCs for motor fuel instead of
avgas, is the
| phase-out of MTBE affecting you? The federal government
hasn't banned
| MTBE outright (some individual states have) but will not
protect oil
| companies from MTBE lawsuits so MTBE is being phased out
by next week in
| most places. MTBE isn't the issue here, but ethanol is.
Ethanol will
| be replacing MTBE as an oxygenate and is also being
promoted as a
| (heavily subsidized) renewable energy mixed with gasoline.
MTBE is
| under political attack because it has been found in ground
water where
| gasoline has leaked from tanks.
|
| (Apparently gasoline, benzene, toluene, naphthalene,
ethanol, and other
| pump gasoline ingredients don't bother people as much when
they leak
| from the same gasoline tanks, but that is understandable
since the human
| body can smell or taste MTBE in fare more quantities in
drinking water
| than these other carcinogenic contaminants.)
|
| Many or most aircraft mogas STCs prohibit gasoline
containing ethanol
| due to its tendency to attack certain seals, gaskets, and
parts in
| aircraft fuel tanks, fuel systems, and engines. So for
those of you who
| use motor fuel in airplanes, is the lack of motor gasoline
that doesn't
| contain ethanol becoming a problem?
|
| By the way ethanol contains less energy per gallon than
gasoline. Enjoy!
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