Not sure where you've been but E10 has been availble around here for about 10 years if not longer. It was used as an additive long before they phased MTBE out.


My only statement on the oil boys was the fact that they chose to use MTBE because it was a prduct they made. In fact, if I read it right, it's actually a by product of the refining prcess somewhat. ADM is another story, but needless to say, there are hundreds of independent producers coming on line, a lot of them are farmer owned around here.

MTBE has been found in the water supplies in areas that don't have MTBE in the gas, so obviously it's coming from more than just run off. Ethanol is just grain alcohol, I doubt you'll see any contamination issues directly related to it. If it leaks, it's not going to be the problem, the gasoline it's mixed with is. In case you didn't know, there are highway departments using ethanol for road deicing. It's safe for the enviroment.

Ethanol burns cleaner than regular gas, that's it in a nutshell. And yes, it does reduce mileage, exactly how much depends on a lot of factors, but in most cases it's only a few miles a gallon.

 

Sure can (don't know if it's legal or not to distill grain alcohol without a permit or something though), just mix it with regular gas, but don't go higher than 10% unless you know your vehicle can handle it.