View Full Version : Wal-Mart wants to sell ethanol  08-09-2006,
09:42 AM Is this a good idea? Would you purchase ethanol from
Walmart if they made it available to you? How would this effect
your business?  Wal-Mart wants to sell ethanol (http://money.cnn
.com/2006/08/08/news/companies/pluggedin_gunther.fortune/index.h
tm) - Only about 800 service stations in the United States, out
of a total of 168,000, pump E85. There's not a single E85 pump,
for example, in all of New England.     08-09-2006, 12:51 PM I
would love more alternative fuel. I was just down at Sams Club
this past Friday, and while gas was $3.19 up here (I am approx
30 miles away), if you use your sams card you get gas for $2.94
a gallon.  I used to be against the whole Walmart thing, but now
I am actually for Walmart. They care about the consumer and
trying to save money for the consumer. Do they hurt small
businesses...no I personally don't think that they do. I
actually think that they are great for competition because they
force the guy marking