Obama curbs ethanol in blow to corn growers

Politico ^ | 11/30/15 | ALEX GUILLÉN

[ExTxMarine]

Wait, I heard a news report last week, that said the Obama Administration ordered MORE ethanol than the current “up to 10%” to be mixed in our gasoline next year!

So, which is it? He lowered the demand, or he RAISED the percentage?!?

Either way, ETHANOL is BAD for your engine - PERIOD! It is less potent and caused engine problems in ANY small engine.

When I am near it, I try to purchase pure gas!!

[VRWCarea51]

Seafoam!

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

The ethanol pullback comes as a slump in gasoline consumption and a domestic energy boom have lessened the fears of dependence on Mideast oil that inspired lawmakers to create the mandate during the George W. Bush administration. But the mandate is still popular in Iowa, home of the nation's first presidential caucus, where corn and ethanol producers have warned that they'll view any weakening of the program as a cave-in to Big Oil.

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ass holes!

[arthurus]

George W. Bush, Republican.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

"I was recently driving through south central Alabama and found plenty of stations with mid-grade, ethanol free gas. It was a first for me."

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What was the price like? We have just gotten the 'right' to buy ethanol free in Maine, but from the few I've seen, the price is almost double the 10% ethanol gas.

[bert]

You post that in jest but in East Tennessee many small and legal distilleries making moonshine have recently risen . Apparently the fruit flavored varieties are very popular.

Almost unbelievably, one such small distillery has been established in a store front on Broad Street, the cities main street in days gone by.

[hadaclueonce]

If you liked cash for clunker, you will love ethanol. Except you don’t get any money.

[thackney]

The Flex fuel engines are more than a couple years old, but it certainly has to be an engine and fuel system designed to use E85 or significant damage.

I know Ford started offering it in 1980s but it was not common until more recently.

[Robert A Cook PE]

So, the farm lobby (Iowa and Kansas voting block!)
WANT engine-damaging extra ethanol be forced into the nation’s fuel supply
(since not enough gasoline is being sold now thanks to Obola’s permanently slumped economy!)
so THEY can sell more ethanol from the nation’s corn growers
at the expense of higher food prices worldwide
(which was a strong cause of the Islamic Spring revolutions a few years ago!)

(And ALL of this hurts the nation and thus is one of Obola’s desires)

but!

The enviro lobby is against forcing higher ethanol volumes?
and!
This hurts Hillary’s chances in Iowa?

Something doesn’t fit the usual well-coordinated liberal program of destroying America here.

[thackney]

The pre-mixed gas in a can sells around here for about $7.50 a quart.

About the same here. It is not just Houston.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[thackney]

I heard a news report last week, that said the Obama Administration ordered MORE ethanol than the current “up to 10%” to be mixed in our gasoline next year

That is not correct.

[bk1000]

“I can’t believe it—Obama actually did something I agree with!
I think he and I had had 100% opposing positions through almost 7 years, up to this point.”

I feel the same way. There must be a catch. I’d like to think farmers can start growing food again so we don’t import as much. Hard to find even seasonal items in grocery stores grown in the USA.

[ExTxMarine]

I’m glad, but I heard it on a radio program I was listening to, so I didn’t get any additional details.

Good to know! If we could end ethanol subsidies and forced induction into our engines, I would be EXTREMELY grateful!!

[thackney]

as a slump in gasoline consumption

We did peak in 2007, but have started to climb back up to near that point.

U.S. Product Supplied of Finished Motor Gasoline

[sport]

That [the Government getting out of our lives] isn't going to happen, My FRiend. In fact, before very long, they will tell us when we can go to the toilet, how long we can stay in there, what we can do when we get there, what brand of toilet paper to use, how much, and which direction to wipe. In short, the Government, through its agents wants to and will control every aspect of one’s life. From the most simple endeavor to the most complicated endeavor. Why? Money. There are too many parasites living high on the hog from tax money confiscated at the point of a gun.

[thackney]

If we could end ethanol subsidies and forced induction into our engines

The per gallon blending credit ended a couple years ago, but the mandate remains.

[Mouton]

I was thinking the same thing, first and only thing he has done that I agree with. Of course it was only a half assed reduction but I’ll take it.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

But the mandate is still popular in Iowa, home of the nation's first presidential caucus, where corn and ethanol producers have warned that they'll view any weakening of the program as a cave-in to Big Oil.

FU, you pig-snouted Iowa corn farmers! Hahahaha!

(Take off and nuke Iowa from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Few people are willing to sacrifice their car engines to Iowa greed. Hahahahahahahahaha!