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Old 04-25-2007, 07:13 AM
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Default Re: A study says that ethanol is worse than gasoline for the environment

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Originally Posted by Shining Arcanine View Post
Perhaps we should go back to MTBE. It has no known, negative environmental effects, besides ruining the taste of drinking water, and it should lower the incidence of ozone induced respiratory failure, which not only affects us, but local wild life as well, as they breathe the same air we breathe.

Perhaps cancer doesn't qualify as a "known, negative environmental effect," but it's certainly known to cramp ones lifestyle.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0516-06.htm

That's not to say I care for corn-based ethanol, but at least it's a step towards renewable energy.

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