   New proposal would allow up to 15 percent ethanol in fuel
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RE: 2001+? By tng on 7/6/2011 3:22:40 PM , Rating: 2 Ethanol has
to do with the corn lobby. Well my thinking on that was that
automakers would be beholding to big oil, congress would be
beholding to the corn lobby and the farm lobby. I would trust
automakers before the US Congress.....  Libertarians call this
mob rule. Have you've just made owners of older cars second
class citizens? Not really, since I believe in running a car
until it dies. It really has less to do with mob rules and more
to do with what sells. If the public perception of a automaker
is bad because of problems caused by ethanol, most of the public
will not make the distinction. How does a automaker fight that?
They lobby against it in congress.  Yes I am sure that there is
plenty of influence at the EPA by the corn and farm lobbies, and
that is pushing this even though congress finally saw the light.
I don't