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I believe that it's all still the oil guys. Basically it's a case of "You want green fuel? I'll show you green fuel!" If they make the concept look bad, they'll be able to say "yeah, but remember how ethanol turned out" to any new suggestions. GM had the EV1, a great first generation production electric car, but not for big oil. Instead GM now makes Gems, so that the soundbite can be "Would you give up your SUV for a golf cart?" I think that their counting on an uprising against E85, so that they can argue that oil is better than all of the alternatives. And that argument will work with the uninformed, which seems to be about 90% of our population. It may be pure BS, but what do they care, if the majority believes something, they're in the clear. It's all about the $$$$$, and those in charge are on the big $$$ side of things. The money has to come from somewhere, it might as well come from the little people.
Eric
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Cars that I currently own/drive 
2007 BOM Fit Sport 5A
2002 Sebring Limited convertable
1989 Chev 4WD Suburban
1975 Porsche 914 Renegaded 327 V8
1915 Ford Model T Touring (stock)
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