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You’re confusing quite a few things here. Ethanol wasn’t put in gasoline until decades after the lead came out. Ethanol was absolutely added for profit… but mu
by TylerE 3y ago
You’re confusing quite a few things here. Ethanol wasn’t put in gasoline until decades after the lead came out.
Ethanol was absolutely added for profit… but much like HFCS, it was about propping up big agribusiness.
- fomine3 3y agoThis is what I meant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering#Flxible,_and_later_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering#Flxible,_...
- maxerickson 3y agoEthanol replaced MBTE. MBTE is awful (any persistent groundwater contaminant is awful) and it's a good thing it's gone. Higher percentages of ethanol are arguably not worthwhile, but getting rid of MBTE is almost certainly the right choice.