My runs on alcohol, like me...

[rwh11385]

haha, yeah - forgot a word there.

http://www.growmark.com/news_article.asp?ID=294

Energy, not biofuels impact, true consumer ‘crisis’
That’s according to national Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) spokesman Matt Hartwig, who argues suspension of the nation’s newly expanded renewable fuels standard would be the “absolute wrong thing for this administration to do,”

use of food crops for biofuels once again came under some fire during last week’s world food summit in London, which focused on rising food prices.

Hartwig said he believes the “food vs. fuel” controversy has been generated largely by livestock interests and groups such as the Grocery Manufacturers Association that are affected by commodity prices.

Interrupting domestic ethanol investment by suspending federal mandates “would not achieve the kids of results with respect to commodity prices those in the livestock and ‘big food’ industries are seeking,” Hartwig said.

But it would “set back this nation’s quest to become more energy self-sufficient by several years,” he warned.

A new Texas A&M University report argues the cost of items such as bread, eggs, and milk are related more to supply and demand than ethanol or corn prices. Hartwig cited other factors as well, including $117-per-barrel oil, drought conditions in key world production areas, “restrictive policies” that limit adoption of higher-yielding GMO crops, and a weak dollar.

Further, he argued speculation is “running rampant, particularly through the grain markets.”

Current oil and gasoline prices would be 15 percent higher “were it not for world biofuels,” he estimated. Ethanol is a crucial and relative inexpensive source of fuel oxygen for high-pollution markets, as well as a fuel “supply extender,” he said.

Third World food concerns focus largely on rice and wheat – both non-biofuels crops, he pointed out. As corn plantings reached near-record levels last season, Hartwig noted wheat acres were at their highest levels in four years, and stressed “we don’t plant corn in rice paddies.”

[Dave McLaren]

I don't think it was the alcohol which gave you the runs; it was probably something you ate. ;- )

[EtaSport]

^ yea dude.. hes been around a few more years than you, heeter is no noob.

[rwh11385]

you must be the most misunderstood person on this forum, mainly because you misunderstood, what guys are here for.

You should have gone flexfuel forum and bragged, and i mean flex fuel forums only, because even Impala guys would laugh at you.

that's ignorant. stop being ignorant. you're ignorant.

just because people have or like e30s that doesn't mean it is there only car. a good number of people on this forum have a daily driver and have the e30 as a fun or track car.

why not have the car they drive daily reduce the dependency on foreign oil? you can plug and play some cars out there to flex fuel just with a ECU chip swap and then have more power and same mpg and cheaper fuel.

why don't more people do this? ah, because they don't know cuz they're ignorant like you

[Aptyp]

you must be the most misunderstood person on this forum, mainly because you misunderstood, what guys are here for.

You should have gone flexfuel forum and bragged, and i mean flex fuel forums only, because even Impala guys would laugh at you.

[rwh11385]

biofuel is only a small influence on food prices

http://www.syngenta.com/en/media/pdf/presentations/Syngenta_Annual_General_Meeting_English.pdf

[weak sauce]

I think I'm going to pimp it out with new headlights. Anyone make Zenon for it?

you should be smacked, if that is a serious statement

[rwh11385]

I think I'm going to pimp it out with new headlights. Anyone make Zenon for it?

[aaron.j]

because its e85!!

[backtrail69]

I just looked up the specs and you get COMPLETE garbage mileage on E85... GM rates it as 12 mpg city and 19 Freeway. I will keep my ETA thank you very much. My turbo car gets better mileage than that... 18-20 city and 25 freeway at its current state...

[weak sauce]

why would you finance this junk, if you wanted good MPG and decently low emissions on the cheap, you could have got decent used civic si, s2000, or the like and kept some dignity. at least that makes more sense to me, but if you like it i guess theres nothing more to say.

[silversleeper]

I was expecting a picture of you pouring some Everclear in the tank.

[kway]

Die thread! Die!

[rwh11385]

I would have got a used TDI jetta and ran it on grease. 40+ mpg on free fuel.

yeah, that was another choice i was thinking about, but being from indiana, it seemed to make more sense to run it on corn

[einstein57]

I would have got a used TDI jetta and ran it on grease. 40+ mpg on free fuel.