Re: useful analogy

From: ziliath (ziliath_at_myway.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: 30 Aug 2004 22:33:32 -0700

Hatunen <hatuunen@cox.net> wrote in message

> >I've been told that 80% of cars in Brasil run on locally-produced
> >ethanol,
>
> You were told wrong.

Not entirely. This article clearly states that in the 1980's millions
of cars were sold and used daily that were alcohol-only:

http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0408/26/e03-254552.htm

This article states that by 2007, 70% of Brasil's cars will be flex-fuel.

http://wardsauto.com/ar/auto_old_idea_made/

This article says that presently 85% of cars in use in Brasil use the 20% mix
and 15% are E100:

http://www.sentex.net/~crfa/ethatech.html

> It waas never illegal to produce industrial ethanol in the USA.

Incorrect. It is impossible to differentiate between
ethanol fuel (180+ proof minimum ethanol) and moonshine (180+ proof
ethanol), therefore "industrial ethanol" was not legal to produce.
If that had not been the case then the Kennedys would not have had
to important the stuff from Ireland in order to get rich.

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