For the guys that say ethanol is a solvent, so is gasoline, so why the big fuss?
Different solvents dissolve different stuff and mix with each other in different ways. Water is a solvent, but it won't mix with gasoline. It will mix with alcohol which will then mix with gasoline. That what most of the "water removal" additives are down at the auto parts store.
Deepwater had the experience of having the liner of his motorcycle's fuel tank came off in flakes, clogging the rest of the fuel system. This was because alcohol dissolves different stuff than gasoline. It was an expensive and problematic correction.
As to the burning food in your gas tank issue, I agree that it should have been left to market forces without government subsidies to determine if that is a good idea.
From personal observation, as the price of
tortillas increased (nearly doubled) in Mexico and Guatemala, poor people struggled more, and more people went hungry. Those governments subsidized tortilla production to help keep the price down on the one side, but with ethanol production subsidized on the other side, you can't win the price battle. Poor people lose the most because their meager monies are not enough to buy necessary food.
The Brazillian model is certainly not perfect. But they do have the advantage of making ethanol out of an essentially unneeded plant base. Sugar ain't food.
And whatever supposed advantage post-production corn may have as an animal feed, we certainly are not seeing it in the meat markets.
Finally, while Tom may see commies under every rock, I think they are under enough of 'em it's not safe for any of us to be in our current rock quarry--unless we are carrying an awful lot of snake-shot.
Since the '50s, this country has moved so far to the left that JFK would be considered a middle of the road Republican today. Moving the country "back to the center" is in reality keeping it well left of center. The political battle to save the country from the commies has been lost. If it is to be saved, it will be through some form of revolution. But, as Tom has noted, most of the sheeple will quietly hand in their guns and stand in line at the cattle cars waiting to be transported to the camps.
I weep for my nation,
Crusader