Snowmobilers Say Ethanol Gasoline Hurts Their Engines
(WCAX) The cold and snowy weather has the state’s network of snowmobile trails is buzzing, but riders say ethanol continues to damage their engines.
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(Congressman Peter) Welch (D-VT) is promising to continue efforts to eliminate ethanol from gasoline. The federal government requires gas to contain 10 percent ethanol. Corn-based ethanol advocates say it makes for cleaner fuel — but Welch and others say it does more harm than good.
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Mike Beaudet owns Gilles Sales & Service in East Montpelier. He said the ethanol in gas shortens the lifespan of small engines.
“It cleans the systems and it brings all of the garbage that’s been collecting and runs it through the engines,” he said.
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Congress has kept the 10 percent mandate from rising to 15 percent. And a fifty-five-cent-per-gallon subsidy has been eliminated, as have tariff protections on foreign ethanol. Welch says he hopes to eliminate the mandate altogether — but he’s been working on for years. READ MORE includes VIDEO
How ethanol can impact your engine (Channel 3000)
‘White grease’ suffocating fuel filters not biodiesel-related (Biodiesel Magazine)
Welch renews call: Get ethanol out of gas (Times Argus)
