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One of the primary drivers for use of ethanol as fuel was our dependence on foreign oil. When we had to buy oil from Saudi Arabia, the corn lobby could push ethanol as a substitute.
But with the advancements in technology that allow oil to be pulled from oil sands and major reserve areas being opened up for drilling, we're no longer dependent on foreign oil. Now market forces take over, with consumers evaluating ethanol on its own merits rather than other factors propping up demand artificially.
The result is that people have realized ethanol is just not the superfuel it was marketed to be. It makes more sense in their daily lives to buy fuel that is mostly gasoline instead.
If I'm a station owner, I'm not going to tie up money and tank capacity in inventory of something few people want to buy.
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