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11-15-2013, 06:29 PM

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Good news. Less ethanol.

EPA proposes cut to ethanol requirement for gasoline - Nov. 15, 2013

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal Friday to cut the amount of ethanol required to be blended into the nation's gasoline supply, the first such reduction since the renewable fuel standards were set in 2007.

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Soda prices will go down. More GMO corn for HFCS.
Good news for drivers AND fatties!

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Soda prices will go down. More GMO corn for HFCS.
Good news for drivers AND fatties!

Definitely a win win

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Soda prices will go down. More GMO corn for HFCS.
Good news for drivers AND fatties!

Then again, sugar beets (which can be used to produce real sugar i.e. sucrose, not the fructose/glucose mixture of HFCS) will grow in the same climates that corn is happy in.

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Maybe outboard motors will last longer.

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