You can actually separate the ethanol and be left with the gasoline (google it). But the irony is that the gasoline that is mixed with ethanol is absolutely th

You can actually separate the ethanol and be left with the gasoline (google it). But the irony is that the gasoline that is mixed with ethanol is absolutely the lowest quality. The octane will be much lower than 87 and the gasoline base also appears to corrode metals as well as eat rubber. People complain that the alcohol is what destroys, but in this case, it is the pure alcohol that is actually making the low quality gasoline stable enough to be put into a normal car.