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NNadir

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19. This is a tragic turn of events for the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:17 PM

11 hrs ago

Too much of it has already been destroyed for sugar cane plantations for ethanol for cars.

As an environmentalist of the type who believes in the importance of key ecosystems, it breaks my heart.

What is worse is that there are people here who think this is a wonderful thing, laboring under the idea that it's "renewable energy."

There's no way to renew the Pantanal once it is destroyed for a transitory affectation.

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As E15 Gas Becomes More Common, Remember That It's Terrible For These Engines [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

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Gemini: Who Enforces the Rules? bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #3

Do NOT use in Toyotas. It will VOID your warranty... hlthe2b 23 hrs ago #2

Not sure where the 96 percent from. Old Crank 21 hrs ago #5

Ignoring that discrepancy, to suggest the overwhelming majority of cars manufactured AFTER 2000 hlthe2b 19 hrs ago #8

I have a 2019 VW GTI Autobahn. The owners manual says to use E-free, so that's what I do. ms liberty 23 hrs ago #4

I have been reading some articles by Jalopnik Old Crank 21 hrs ago #6

File this misinformation under, as my dad would say, OH, BULLSHIT! This is a story paid for by the petroleum industry. ffr 20 hrs ago #7

Ethanol can be corrosive. And if you want to void a Toyota warranty that specifically says so, hlthe2b 19 hrs ago #9

Thank you for confirming what I wrote and you appearently didn't read in what I wrote. ffr 19 hrs ago #10

You wrote: "is ethanol harmful to engines. No" hlthe2b 19 hrs ago #11

That is not my opinion, that is fact! Ethanol has no chemical properties in it that harms engines. ffr 18 hrs ago #12

Simply not true. I am not going to argue with someone who ignores basic chemistry and hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #13

You fail to debate correctly. Impeach what I have said and provide references that back up your claims ffr 17 hrs ago #14

No I just don't see you worth my time. Ethanol is inherently corrosive--only a matter of degree hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #15

Once again, you are failing to impeach what I've said. You use a cut-n-paste from a biodieselfoundation.org "blog?' ffr 15 hrs ago #16

Ah yes. "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"... hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #17

It took you less than two minutes to read what I wrote and reply with all that? ffr 13 hrs ago #18

This is a tragic turn of events for the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal. NNadir 11 hrs ago #19