Today is SHEP20715 birthday....wish him a H.B.

Have you been to the UK? There are cameras monitoring everything, everywhere. It's Big Brother made real. I worry it could happen here.

What does the Department of Homeland Security have to do with traffic enforcement? That's a state and local responsibility. Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Of course, you're from California and that explains a lot.

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Thank you for being my buddy. May you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year too. Warren :-)

Congratulations on reaching 1,000,000 points! Great job! Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year.

Thanks for becoming my newest buddy. You are lucky #3,600!!! Hope that you have a great weekend. Your new buddy, Warren :o))

Using 10% ethanol does reduce the production of poisonous carbon monoxide by internal combustion engines. Anything more is a pure waste and the EtOH can dissolve too many plastic and rubber parts in the fuel system. I agree, No More Food Or Feed For Fuel!!! Warren :D)

Hi, I noticed your great post today on the news item: "Station vends jet fuel instead of gasoline at pumps". I really like your main picture and want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. Want to become buddies??? Warren :-)

Redhornet, statistics paint a different picture. 4 of every 10 bushels of corn now go to make ethanol. It's an artificial market: EPA mandates its use so the price isn't free to fluctuate according to market forces. Also, chemistry isn't on the side of ethanol. A gallon of ethanol produces nearly 30% less energy than a gallon of gasoline. So if a gallon of gas-ethanol costs the same at the pump as a gallon of 100% gasoline, the blended fuel still ends up costing more because you can't drive as far on the blended fuel. Plus, ethanol is hygroscopic: it absorbs water from the atmosphere, so it creates the potential to contaminate fuel systems with water. I see nothing good about it as a fuel unless you live in a grain-producing state or work for an ethanol manufacturer, in which case you're being subsidized by the government at the expense of the rest of the country ... and not just at the expense of other drivers, because everyone pays in terms of higher grain prices.