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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121130/AUTO01/211300415 (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121130/AUTO01/211300415)

The article states that there are currently 10 stations nationwide selling E15.

Great, more potential for fuel-related issues.  [bang]

  Ethanol is the devils brew,my children!
  It was put here on earth to cause pain and misery!
  Resist its use with all your moral fiber!
  Succumb to it and you will only know suffering and damnation for the rest of your days!

  Now if you turn to pg. 56 we will sing "Shall We Gather at the River"

It is the devil's brew, it pollutes good old fashioned corn whiskey with undrinkable gasoline!

which might not be in your town, or mine......but chances are there are members here who might need to be on the lookout.

In thailand they also have E20 its so lethal it actually destroys the engines o f the few vehicles on the roads designed to use it , sad if you have just bought a new $40,000 dollar camry or Honda accord

I'm not saying it isn't a problem.  Most cars aren't able to run the crap.

But with only 10 out of 168,000 gas stations* in the country selling the shit, it will be hard to find.

*as of 2004 - http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/quizzes/answerQuiz16.shtml (http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/quizzes/answerQuiz16.shtml)

And if no one buys it (assuming it is never mandated) there will eventually be less.

The good news is that the refiners (essentially Big Oil) are not supporters of E15 due to the liability concerns. If the refiners will not supply it without a liability waiver from either the auto manufacturers or the Feds then I don't see E15 being widely available anytime in the foreseeable future.

without treading into the dreaded "P".....i think that whether or not E15 ends up being forced available in the US,....has nothing to do with any notion of common sense.

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