Someone in a country other than the USA has done a study of theeffects of 20% ethanol/80% gasoline on engines by running a weedwackerand an outboard motor on such a mixture.He reports:"The study of ethanol's impact on engines found the 10 per cent blendcaused no substantial changes, except slight swelling and blisteringon the carburettor and an increase in carbon deposits on pistons.But when the fuel contained 20 per cent ethanol, substantial problemswere encountered. The outboard engine stalled on occasions, exhaustgas temperature increased by a significant margin and in some casesthere was extensive corrosion of engine parts."Could someone list all the reasons this is not a good test. (I suspectyou'll all think of some of the same things, so maybe look at previousanswers before answering.)Any reasons it is a good test are also appreciated.

This is nothing new. This was more an issue for older cars when ethanol was first blended in, but that was years ago. In Illinois everything has been an ethanol blend (10% I think) for years. If the engine and parts are built right, you can run 85% ethanol. I think a lot of cars coming off the line today can handle it. But a weedwacker and a boat engine are probably just not designed for that much ethanol in the mix.S

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Bob 20 years ago

Kidding again? The mainstream media takes months to report most of the news on Bush's crimes. The media is biased alright. But in the direction of the media's owners desires, not the public's need to know.

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HarryS 20 years ago

As you can see below, this was a reply to a post in this thread. Oddly, the post I replied to is no longer on the newsgroup.

No need to change the subject line...

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Bob 20 years ago

media's owners

Take the Bush speach yesterday for instance. How many networks broadcast it? Several. And how many broadcast the Democratic party response by Senator Reid? One. Still think the networks are biased against Bush? The networks make no pretense of balanced coverage, and they haven't for years.

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