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Stanford University prof. Mark Jacobson did a study using L.A. that shows E85 emissions will be more detrimental to humans than gasoline fumes.

More details on Green Car Congress for April 18, 2007. Prof. Jacobsen's study brought some controversy, but he had solid rebuttals for all comers.

I like this thread & ECO Fit in general. Wish my own Dodge Caliber website had as many environmentally concerned drivers as ECO Fit has.

As 5thstreet says the internal combustion engine's days are numbered. The electric motor is 3+times more efficient than the ICE. On top of the 3+times more efficiency, my Washington State produces equivalent electric power(kilowatts to Horsepower) with only 4% of the pollution of ICE. With the quickly mounting interest in Wind, solar, tidal, wave & other forms of renewable energy production, other states have my state's pollution reductions to aim at...if you so desire.

So let it be your desire & petition your states' gov'ts & utilities to aim high to place your pollution levels in freefall till they gain on my state's minimal electric pollutions.