[Rhodes22-list] Fuels

[Brad Haslett]

Rummy,

Not knowing what you are pumping is precisely the issue for me personally.
I can run the E-225 Continental in my Bo on 80/87 octane but you have to buy
91 octane to get away from ethanol and even then you can't be sure.  There
will always be a demand for non-ethanol fuel but perhaps at a higher price.
The problem with these blanket laws that corn growing states pass is they
run roughshod over the marketplace and aren't necessarily based on solid
economics.  As far as people getting rich - I doubt it.  If you want in on
the ethanol and bio-diesel markets, buy ADM stock.  Some of the smaller
ethanol plants will make it, some will be bought up by ADM, and most will
get squeezed out.  When I was a kid, every little town had an independent
grain elevator.  Now they are owned by ADM, Cargail, etc., or in most cases
they no longer exist.  The economies of scale in the ethanol biz is the
same.  Buy ADM.

Brad

On 4/20/07, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
> Many northern states, including Wisconsin and Minnesota have mandated that
> all gasoline (except marina fuels) contain 15% ethanol. I think the logic
> was
> that it was supposed to help the corn growers. For the most part, nobody
> had
> any  problems with the fuel and many vacationers never knew what they were
> pumping.  Ethanol producing plants are popping up all over the corn belt.
> Many
> people have  bet their entire life savings on these plants making them
> rich.
> There is a chain  of gas stations in SC that has the E85 at their pumps
> and more
> and more stations  are adding it to their mix. I can go back and forth
> between
> E85 and regular gas  without any problems, but I prefer the clean burning
> ethanol mix. Besides, it  smells nice when you are pumping it.
>
> Rummy
>
>
>
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