Ethanol… eco or not?
| July 10, 2008 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
Ethanol is driving up corn costs, lower gas mileage and being hard on our cars. Our government has made a law where so much corn (25% I believe) will end up having to be used for ethanol. There is something wrong to me with using food for fuel.
If we really think ethanol is good then lets get rid of the law where you can’t grow hemp in the US and have hemp ethanol or find out how the Germans are starting to use waste products to make ethanol. But that all looks over the fact that ethanol lowers gas mileage, meaning you end up having to get more gas because very few cars can run on all ethanol, most it’s 10% so that’s a lot more gas being used. AND only Chevy so far as said all there cars can run on ethanol. The government says a 10% mix is fine for all cars but I really don’t know if I’m buying that.
And did you know you are most likely using an ethanol mix without knowing it? They just have to have a note somewhere about it but it can be very small. So wondering why your gas mileage is going down, ethanol is likely the problem.
To me ethanol is more of a problem than a way out of using gas. I’m happy to see more of my green friends are joining me on this one but still to many think this is a way out.
