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Fuelling the fire...
 Not
being one to show off my status as a highly regarded advisor
on world affairs, this old codger tries to keep his lifestyle
fairly simple at the Heaven’s Close Old Folks Home.
A few bowls of cold porridge for brekkie, a slightly mouldy
sandwich or two for lunch and maybe a nice little piece of
boiled chicken with overdone mashed veges does me very well
indeed.
And, as for getting around, I smile at those who drive up-market
expensive cars around town thinking fancy paying $80,000 to
crawl around in our ever-clogged main roads.
For those who don’t know I zip around the place in my
old Pink Morris Minor, which despite being more than 30 years
old, has done me proud.
Mind you, the modern world is posing a bit of a threat to
my keep-it-simple-stupid life – and that is ethanol in
our petrol.
Now I reckon it’s a damn good idea if it helps cut pollution,
but there was something on the news the other night that sent
shockwaves into my colostomy bag.
Apparently a secret Government report has got out –
bless those little whistleblowers – that says that up
to one third of cars on the road will be adversely affected
by the Canberra-deemed “safe level” of a 10% ethanol
to petrol mix.
And it’s not just old jalopies like my beloved Pinkie,
but many modern cars as well.
This means great inconvenience at the petrol pump as you
try to work out what is mixed and what isn’t, but also
could involved spending money converting vehicles.
Now what I want to know is why so many modern cars are not
manufactured to have the capacity to cope with ethanol in
fuel. Many countries around the world use a blend, so why
are our cars so unadaptable?
And, this petrifying old brain asks the question if so many
cars will be so badly affected why is the Government allowing
it? And why is our honest mob in Canberra seeming to be hiding
the truth from the very people who put them into power?
We should send a little message to the heads-in-the-clouds
troughers in Canberra – and that is we want the truth.
After all, one third of cars means one third of voters Johnny
and Co!
If there is something that has really got up your nose,
let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com
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