Quote Originally Posted by steveo143 View Post
4 of my boats engines are built to run on E-85. Love the stuff!!!!!!! There are many base stocks that could easily replace corn. Mesquite is not much more than a weed growing in the desserts that, requires little water and can produce twice as much ethanol per ton with little water and no chemicals.
Yep, everything from milkweed to mesquite will make ethanol. Corn just had bigger corporations backing it and the start up technology was easier.