Before that was available, the Illinois Corn Growers Association subsidized most of Pickerel's costs.

NPR: Ethanol-Based Fuel Enthusiasts Face Lack of Pumps

Mr. Rufino remembered visiting Mr. Becker at his summer workshop in Pickerel, Wis.

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Mr. CHARLIE PICKEREL(ph) (Owner of Charlie's Marathon Station, Chicago): One of the few left that still has gasoline and auto repair.

NPR: Ethanol-Based Fuel Enthusiasts Face Lack of Pumps

Like most of his compatriots who worked the city underground, Mr. Gasnick had taken a variety of fish over the years including pickerel, carp, goldfish, smelt, catfish and eels.

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Mr. PICKEREL: That's why I was anxious to add the E85, because it gives us - we have diesel and we have E85, so we have two things that a lot of stations don't have.

NPR: Ethanol-Based Fuel Enthusiasts Face Lack of Pumps

Mr. PICKEREL: It's probably reflective of costs, you know, because for a station to put it in, unless they were building a new station from scratch, to put it in the cost is quite substantial.

NPR: Ethanol-Based Fuel Enthusiasts Face Lack of Pumps

And Charlie Pickerel thinks he knows why.

NPR: Ethanol-Based Fuel Enthusiasts Face Lack of Pumps