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Default Ethanol ate my lawnmower

On Oct 26, 6:48*am, Steve Barker wrote:
On 10/25/2011 9:14 PM, RickH wrote:



My car runs better on ethanol free gas too.


LMAO!

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The problem arises because US ethanol is derived from corn. Elsewhere
it is derived from sugar cane. It also cause increased emissions of
formaldehyde and ozone. Both cause smog and cancer.
Adding ethanol is another way of improving the "anti-knock"
properteries rather than using lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol#As_a_fuel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBE#Al...ti-knock_agent