E15 fears: More ethanol in gasoline is bad news for power equipment, critics say

From The Washington Post

It seems like a great idea: Increase the amount of renewable ethanol from grain at the gas station and decrease America”s reliance on foreign oil.

But a push to add another 50 percent to the ethanol content of some automobile fuel has opened a barrel of worms. Automakers say they don”t know how it will affect their cars; power-equipment and boat manufacturers are predicting calamitous mis-fueling; and gas station owners are looking at a slew of legal and logistical impediments.

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