Ethanol Shmethanol!! (just another rant)

As I read FDA and dietary labels on food we buy from the local grocer, it makes my skin crawl a little bit as I consider the extreme damage caused by distilled corn by-product being forced down our fuel tanks in the name of economics and going green and all that rot. The federal mandated ethanol additives to gasoline is not beneficial to your automobile at all and is incredibly destructive to your motorcycle and small engines. Why do you think they don’t allow ethanol laced fuel to be utilised in aircraft?? Why is aircraft gasoline of a different grade and octane then automobiles use? Maybe because they want the best possible fuel in them so they will remain in the air until the pilot decides the time has come to land… So, all this makes me wonder how many food additives are OK for the most of us…

Check out the barnacles growing inside the carbs of this old Honda…. #nomoreethanol

1973 Honda CB750K3

1973 Honda CB750K3

Lots of little pieces and parts.

Lots of little pieces and parts.

See how the algae grunge climbed right up the threads of the emulsion tube?

See how the algae grunge climbed right up the threads of the emulsion tube?

I just thought this pic looked cool....

I just thought this pic looked cool….

Barnacles and bilge!! Swab the float bowl ye scaliwags!!

Barnacles and bilge!! Swab the float bowl ye scaliwags!!

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Ethanol Shmethanol!!

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR TELEVISION SET!! The beautiful green tint highlighting these carburetor parts is due to the ethanol content in that stuff they call fuel which we fork over an exorbitant amount of clams to purchase!! The ethanol acts like a sponge, drawing water from the atmosphere and causing it to accumulate in the relatively small capacity float bowl to the point that ALGAE grows in GASOLINE!!! And then it wreaks this kind of havoc upon our motorcycles and power equipment. It’s just the governments way of helping small businesses turn a profit…

2001 Yamaha XT230

2001 Yamaha XT230

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Fuel is supposed to flow through the slotted jet in the center of the photo... But the algae has it completely blocked.

Fuel is supposed to flow through the slotted jet in the center of the photo… But the algae has it completely blocked.

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