Given that ethanol is liquor, I sympathize with those who think it is too good for our cars. But I'm taken aback by the oil companies' claim that cars are too good for ethanol. Your car is more likely to be harmed by the remarkable variations in ordinary gasoline than by ethanol. Since 1990 GM has recommended ethanol blended fuels for its cars. Motorists have driven more than a trillion miles on ethanol blends with no problems.
Ethanol is our nation's largest renewable energy industry.
This Earth Day we should hoist a glass of one of ethanol's lower octane cousins and make a toast to its continuing success.