Re: Why is the supply of E85 fuel so tightly controlled?

Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:

> Last night I met up with the person who has the very first 2008-built
MY08
> Saab 9-3 BioPower car sold in Australia. That car has the capability to
run
> on ethanol blend fuels up to 85 percent ethanol (aka E85), however I was
> very amazed when he was telling about how E85 can't be purchased from
the
> small number of outlets that stock it around Australia without
'registering'
> on a federal government database, and service stations that do have it
will
> deliberately lie when you ask them about it if your vehicle is not
> registered in this database!

Perhaps you can provide some evidence of this ?

Graham