On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:11:58 -0400, Brent Secombe wrote:

> In article <pan.2005.10.17.04.43.52.586135@ae86.gts>, Hachiroku
> <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:06:12 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>>
>> > Hachiroku wrote:
>> >> After today's race, Chevrolet dropped out as a supplier of engines to the
>> >> Indy Racing League (IRL)
>> >>
>> >> Interesting. Although previous Indianapolis 500's have had their share of
>> >> British engines as well as American iron, the 2006 Indy 500 will most
>> >> likely be a fight between the best from Honda and Toyota. There may be a
>> >> stray entry of an older car with a Chevy, but IRL is now All Japanese when
>> >> it comes to engines!
>> >
>> > do you find it ironic?
>>
>> Not really. The Japanese have been creeping into the world racing scenes,
>> and their engines have been getting better and better. I am curious as to
>> why Cevy dropped the ball, though.
>
> Still, it seems an odd digression from a quest for more economical
> engines, doesn't it? As the public becomes sensitised to squandering
> our grandchildren's energy supplies, will corporations benefit by being
> associated with the waste?
>
> Brent

Here's an even better article.

Seems I was a little wrong here. Methanol isn't grain alchohol, it is WOOD
grain alchohol.

And just think: if they used rice to make ethamol (Sake??) It really WOULD
be a "Ricing" league...


http://www.methanol.org/altfuel/press/pr970521.html