# Gasahol Kills! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [September 22, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969 "2005-09-22T23:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/1 "2005-09-22T23:49:26Z")
Re: [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_392b.html) : I am mercifully free of doubts as to Cecil’s infallibility … However, I can hardly imagine that the technical capabilities of vehicles, as well as the qualities of organic gasoline substitutes, have not changed in the last eighteen years. Perhaps this column needs an update? ---
**Author:** ![aahala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@aahala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aahala)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/2 "2005-09-23T03:00:36Z")
AFAIK, virtually every vechicle regularly available in the US that is supposed to run on gasoline is fully compliant(supposedly) with 90/10 ethanol and its been that way for years. There are several million vechicles that can run of E85, 15% gasoline. I know nothing about methanol. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/3 "2005-09-23T03:21:47Z")
Given that I drive a 1987 vehicle, I consider the column sufficiently up-to-date and quite useful. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/4 "2005-09-23T05:09:53Z")
Ethanol dissolves plastic parts and corrodes metal? Gee, lucky we don’t drink it! ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/5 "2005-09-23T10:28:54Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Ethanol dissolves plastic parts and corrodes metal? Gee, lucky we don’t drink it! I drink it, but then again I don’t have neither plastic nor metal parts. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/6 "2005-09-23T11:50:11Z")
You oughtta read the MSDS sheet on ethanol sometime. Scary stuff. I had to brace myself with a coupla drinks. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/7 "2005-09-23T12:11:48Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You oughtta read the MSDS sheet on ethanol sometime. Scary stuff. I had to brace myself with a coupla drinks. Just a minor nitpick: it should be “read the MSDS” or the “MSD Sheet.” Otherwise you will have people reading the material safety data sheet sheet. Possibly after using the automatic teller machine machine. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/8 "2005-09-23T12:16:50Z")
Now I need another drink. What’s my PIN number? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/9 "2005-09-24T16:03:15Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Ethanol dissolves plastic parts and corrodes metal? Gee, lucky we don’t drink it! DHMO also corrodes some metals, yet billions of people insist on consuming it every day. DHMO is also a factor in the fourth-leading cause of death in male children aged 5-14 years, according to the World Health Organisation. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/10 "2005-09-24T18:19:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Now I need another drink. > What’s my PIN number? 6186 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/11 "2005-09-27T16:12:46Z")
Whoa! bdgr, have you tried the James Randi million dollar challenge? ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasahol-kills/322969/12 "2005-09-27T16:17:45Z")
> [@Arnold Winkelried](#): > > Whoa! bdgr, have you tried the James Randi million dollar challenge? Too much work. When you have Randi’s pin number, you really dont need to go through all those double blind tests.