Word: fueled
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...famously tight with contributor Dwayne Andreas, the chairman of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland. Andreas, along with his company and members of his clan, has provided more than $475,000 for Dole's operations since 1979. Dole has proudly called himself "Senator Ethanol" in honor of the corn-based fuel that ADM produces and that Dole has long protected with tax subsidies. But Dole has also played a crucial role in making the sweetener market profitable for ADM by championing the sugar price-support program. ADM is the world's largest producer of high-fructose corn syrup, a sugar substitute...
...every auto company in the world is desperately seeking an engine to replace the internal-combustion machine that has been powering cars, consuming oceans of fossil fuel and polluting the universe for about 100 years. GM, in fact, will begin selling a battery-powered electric car in California this year. California, locked in a perpetual automotive smog, requires that by 2003, 10% of the cars offered for sale in the state produce zero emissions; many states are expected to follow suit...
More recent investigations by the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission Board and the MSP also pointed to contaminated aviation fuel as the probable cause of the accident...
According to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report issued in December 1995, contaminated fuel and inadequate pilot training were the most likely causes of the February 22, 1995 crash...
According to Iuliano's letter, the reports assert that the fuel contamination was the result of poor maintenance practices caused by a "system breakdown...