The price of Gasoline???

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Tell me what's crazy about this brief article. Brazil is building Ethanol refineries in the Dominican Repulic to export Ethanol into the United States.

http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=23933

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No one said that it would be our salvation. The point  is that Ethanol has been used in other countries for at least 20 years, (Brazil) and their imports of oil are the lowest in the world.

Rather than stretch to find excuses (which many of us are real good at) it would be more profitable if we would explore the possability of getting an Ethanol refinery here.

Sooner or later the government is going to mandate that all cars use Ethanol.

[northside lurker]

On another forum, related to cars, I've read that the gas/ethanol blend fuels are only a little cheaper than regular. (89 becomes a little cheaper than 87 octane)  But that hardly makes a local ethanol refinery the savior that you're implying it would be.

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Because we would rather whine in our beer like a bunch of spoiled brats than unite in a drive to have an Ethanol refinery built here.

If we would expend as much time and effort on getting the company that is building an Ethanol refinery in Clearfield, Pa., to build one here we would be better off, but that seems to be asking too much. We'd much rather have something to whine about.

[Smokey362]

Ok.  Now that I just paid $2.99 a gallon, I wonder just WHY the gasoline is so expensive.  Can anyone actually give me an answer?