Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason! wrote:

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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:25:04 GMT

Another point to consider is that the history of fuel is for it to get more
efficient and cleaner. Those using the the worst fuel are the poorest.
Instead of punishing the U.S. and those other countries that are Industrial
giants, why not get the poorer countries to a place where they cna use the
same type of fuels and get the same sort of efficiency as we do? Bringing
the poorer countries, using the dirtiest fuels up to out level raises
everybody and reduces the CO2 without punishment to anybody.

We might actually agree on this.

For example, E85 is running about 80 cents per gallon less than regular
unleaded locally. It burns cleaner, has an octane rating of over 100,
and is now getting to be substantially cheaper than gas.

There's no freaking way it's that much cheaper, unless it's heavily
subsidized. In fact, I'd be surprised if it was cheaper at all, and
I've read that it takes more energy to produce the alcohol than what's
in the alcohol.