RS at work wrote:

The mandated use of alcohol in motor fuels has also caused damage to
fuel lines seals and caused all sorts of grief with small engines like
chain saws, mowers pump motors etc. This kind of loss seems small but
when millions of machines die an early death that loss causes the
economy to suffer yet again.

Oh, but don't you see? That's the "broken window" theory of prosperity,
that the liberals and socialists are so enamored of. The more you destroy,
the more people you need to hire at taxpayer expense to replace it, which
creaes lots and lots of JOBS!
end sarcasm

Cheers!
Rich