Saturday 18 May 2013 at 09:00 am
Alert posted on Hemmings, photo by FLariviere, courtesy Shutterstock
SonofaBitch! You turn your back on these EPA "savants" for just a moment & the next thing ya know, they're back to trying to screw up our gasoline again!
The consumer has repeatedly told Washington that we don't like this ethanol crap, but faced with the lobbyists of the Ethanol Industry, the EPA sneaking around with a new 30% proposal. The NY Times uncovered the EPA's deception in it's March report on lowering sulphur levels on gasoline.
NY Times
There is a glut of ethanol overcapacity in today's marketplace, due to the herd of opportunists that jumped on the idea that the Govt will force it down our carburetors. The OEMs & their customers have repeatedly voiced their concerns about the lack of any real testing by the EPA &/or the ethanol lobby. The bulk of the new cars on the road today are not designed to burn it effectively & our old cars accrue severe damage from the fuel's properties, even at a modest 10%, let alone 30%.
The EPA's love affair with ethanol totally baffles anybody in Engineering. The amount of energy (read that OIL) that is consumed in the manufacturing process to convert food into gasoline makes it a total "leaker deal" from a cost standpoint, let alone its overall pollution contribution. Factor in the damage done to the consumer & you get flabbergasted.
"E15 is the answer to the question nobody asked," said Mr. Woebkenberg, Sr Eng for Mercedes-Benz fuel policy in the United States & added that the EPA wants to "make the dog like the dog food."
For once, I agree with management.
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Natural News- Ethanol Burns Dirtier Than Gasoline
Friday 17 May 2013 at 12:37 am
Lincoln County Sheriffs Office News Release
Self-Inflicted Gun Shot Takes Life of Racing Legend
May 16, 2013
Lincolnton, NC - Retired race car driver Richard "Dick" Trickle, 71, died today from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound.
The incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery on Highway 150 East in Boger City.
The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call apparently from the victim that "there would be a dead body and it would be his". Communications Center workers tried to place a return call to the number but did not get an answer.
The first emergency units arriving on the scene located the body lying near the victim's pickup truck.
Dick Trickle was a 5'-nuthin, tough as nails, chain smoking, beer swilling, old time hero of the short tracks. He was almost unbeatable on the northern tracks in the mid 60's & 70's. Despite having to race on a shoestring budget, he was one of the "winningest racers" of his day. Rusty Wallace called him every Monday morning for advice on track setups.
Trickle started Cup racing late in his career, at age 48 (and a grandfather) he become the oldest driver in Winston Cup history to win Rookie of The Year! Despite over 300 starts, Trickle never won a Cup race, but he never gave up either. NASCAR had their hands full with this old boy.
Legend has it that he always had a Cigarette Lighter installed in his race cars. That probably came from the fact that the in car cameras on occasion, caught him enjoying a cigarette during the caution laps. He typically had his smokes taped to the crossbar of the roll cage & drilled a hole in his helmet to let him smoke while racing. (lol).
GodSpeed Dick, you lived & died on your own terms.
Saturday 11 May 2013 at 07:52 am
Starting next weekend, the Gilmore Museum will be host to the The WORLD'S LARGEST public museum specifically dedicated to all things related to the Ford Model A!
The grand opening ceremony is to be held on May 18th in Hickory Corners, Mich., from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This new museum came to being through the heroic efforts of the Model A Ford Foundation Inc's membership, who raised more than $1 million to build this replica of a 1930's dealership on the grounds of the Gilmore Museum.
It's going to be an exciting day, I can't wait to wander through this display.
Seeya there!
