Scrappah- Interesting how things and perceptions can vary from place to place such as South Dakota and Maine. Here, in my little sphere, 10% ethanol has always been available since at least 1980 onwards. Day in, day out. It’s never been "resurrected from the grave" in this state.
Here are the vehicles I've owned since 1978 when I turned 16: 1966 Dodge Monaco, 1971 Dodge PU (as a secondary vehicle owned for only a short time-a POS from the get go), 1974 Pontiac Catalina, 1974 big Plymouth wagon, 1978 Pontiac Lemans, 1986 Old Cutlass Supreme, 1987 Dodge D-150 PU (secondary hunting vehicle owned 12 years), 1991 Toyota Camry, 1996 Honda Accord, 2003 Buick Regal, 2003 Honda Odyssey van (wife’s car). The van was the only one I ever bought new. Most of the others had higher miles on them (80K and above when bought). None of them ever sh** out because of fuel issues and I’ve always run E10 in them since whenever it was available here. Of the old carburetor cars, sure there were carb kits installed because carb parts wear out after how many 10s of thousands of miles?? I’m sort of least maintenance type of guy when it comes to vehicles and things have held together (never replaced an engine, never replaced a tranny). I must be lucky because the evil ethanol never has killed one of my rides. Maybe now it will or maybe they just sold sh***y gas in Maine in the early 1990s. I don’t know. I can only go with observed data and that’s my personal story.
I agree with some of your numbered pointed but I would also like to see actual documentation (such as #4) that would stand up to peer review standards. Maybe there are real reports from a federal agency that monitors motor fuel infrastructure that list such retro fitting was needed. And maybe it’s just internet dross. Buyer (user) beware. I haven’t published on ethanol yet but it’s one of my goals a few years hence when the 10-year anniversary of EISA has happened and the then current data on how much cellulosic ethanol is being produced is available. But I have gone through the peer review publication process. More than once…This doesn’t mean you’re not a smart guy and are very knowledgeable on many things. But getting a manuscript through peer review takes a critical review of the sources and data used. If you want to flesh out your essay into a manuscript and submit to a journal, more power to you and I can certainly suggest some journals you can try. But as of right now both yours and mine are just opinion pieces. The timing for me isn’t right to take it to the next level of publication. We’ll revisit in 3 years to see if my 2018 plans go forward. Meanwhile I have lots of other irons in the fire to work on.
Nuff said.
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