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$3 Billion Ethanol Pipeline Coming

Error: ethanol is extremely soluble in water. Go to a bar and order "scotch & water"; it does not separate into two layers.

Since ethanol absorbs water it enhances rust everywhere it travels. Gasoline does not absorb water, so wherever the water accumulates, it can be drained from the bottoms, hence not allowing rust.

Aside from the pipeline corrosion issue, the greater technical issue not generally known is that should ethanol enter the pipeline system and cause rust or sediments, it potentially contaminates jet fuels which also travel in the same pipelines. Failing fuel quality tests or worse, risk of planes dropping out of the sky due to plugged fuel systems, is what prevents ethanol in the pipeline system.