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EPA boosts amount of ethanol in gasoline supply
Associated Press ^ | Nov 30, 2015 3:10 PM EST | Mary Clare Jalonick

Posted on 11/30/2015 9:57:05 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Obama administration is boosting the amount of corn-based ethanol and other renewable fuels in the U.S. gasoline supply despite sustained opposition by an unusual alliance of oil companies, environmentalists and some GOP presidential candidates.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a final rule designed to increase production of ethanol to be blended with gasoline through 2016, a decision that could reverberate in Iowa's crucial presidential caucuses.

The agency said it will require more than 18 billion gallons of renewable fuels in 2016, most of it ethanol. The amount is less than was set in a 2007 renewable fuels law, but is more than was proposed by the EPA in May. The agency said that the demand for gasoline has risen since May, increasing the amount of renewable fuels that can be blended in. ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: epa; ethanol; ethanolgasoline; gasoline; gasolineadditive; obama; stabil
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To: Lera

WAWA sells ethanol-free gas. Look for the blue pumps. It’s good, though I must admit the fact that it’s so much more expensive is disturbing.


41 posted on 12/01/2015 3:58:50 AM PST by antidisestablishment (If Washington was judged with the same standard as Sodom, it would not exist.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

And Iowa is full of such prostitutes.


42 posted on 12/01/2015 3:59:40 AM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: ichabod1
And Iowa is full of such prostitutes.

But wait! Iowa votes first! That means they matter! Not!

43 posted on 12/01/2015 4:11:48 AM PST by hadaclueonce (I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
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To: Lera

You can do what I do, I have purchased exactly one string trimmer, one lawn mower and one show thrower in the last 15 years and I have used 10% ethanol gas the entire time.

I use a product called Quick Shot - made by Amsoil. about an ounce per gallon and I have never had trouble.


44 posted on 12/01/2015 4:34:42 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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To: Myrddin

I use a little aviation gas in my old Corvette and in spring the lawn mower too. Works like a tonic.


45 posted on 12/01/2015 4:46:42 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Olog-hai

NASCAR will use it, they love ethanol.


46 posted on 12/01/2015 6:02:20 AM PST by TYVets
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To: deks

Good link....thanks!!


47 posted on 12/01/2015 6:13:41 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: TYVets

NASCAR Race Teams rebuild their engines after each race!!!


48 posted on 12/01/2015 6:18:38 AM PST by Phil
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To: Olog-hai
"the new rule setting targets for 2015, 2016 and retroactively for 2014 would represent an overall increase in the use of renewable fuels."

Now we have Obama passing rules on how much ethanol should have been used two years ago. I wonder what the fine for not having done this is?

There is nothing good that can be said about forcing us to have ethanol in our gasoline.

Ethanol:
Reduces fuel economy
Destroys non-metallic parts in the fuel system
Absorbs water, causing metallic parts in the fuel system to rust
Requires more energy to grow and manufacture than it produces when burned, so it increases so-called "greenhouse gasses".
Used to be produced by individual farmers on the family farm. Now it's produced by huge agricultural businesses who have bought out family farms.

49 posted on 12/01/2015 6:21:13 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Olog-hai

Briggs & Stratton Co. has never liked ethanol because it can make a mess of things at the worst possible time — like when you need to cut the grass and your lawn mower spits, sputters and just won’t start.

Often, water in the gasoline is the culprit, according to Briggs, the world’s largest manufacturer of small gasoline engines.

And the company says the biofuel additive ethanol, which is contained in most of the gasoline people buy today, can attract moisture out of the air like steel sticks to a magnet.

Moisture in gasoline is a big problem for boats, lawn mowers, generators and other equipment powered by gasoline engines, said Scott Wesenberg, manager of Briggs’ fuel systems group.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/briggs—stratton-develops-additive-to-offset-ethanols-effects-on-small-engines-b9948387z1-214705101.html

If you store gasoline this is a must have. because of Ethanol.


50 posted on 12/01/2015 6:24:52 AM PST by McGruff (Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it)
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To: jonrick46

Since when has anyone in Congress shown interest in going after the constitutionality of these unaccountable executive agencies?


51 posted on 12/01/2015 6:36:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Jimmy Valentine

I think AV gas is still leaded. That would poison a catalytic converter in a modern vehicle. Harley electronic ignition on fuel injected models relies on the oxygen sensor in the exhaust pipes. Not certain if leaded gas would cause harm there as well.


52 posted on 12/01/2015 6:53:27 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

I don’t know the answer to that, but a little (pint or two) in a tank of gas does wonders, but limited use.


53 posted on 12/01/2015 8:09:47 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Olog-hai; Jonty30

Well, the auto repair shops and new car dealers will benefit if 10% ethanol is totally replaced with 15% ethanol and all of the seals in our car engines and other components go out as experiments have shown. These are experiments that the EPA does not acknowledge as being credible.


54 posted on 12/01/2015 8:37:16 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Olog-hai

This is the most dreadfully corrupt political country in the world.

It is no longer the “best place on earth”. It is a miserable place with life ruled by rules for everything ruled by a despot dictator.


55 posted on 12/01/2015 12:08:49 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Sequoyah101

If by corrupt it’s meant that all branches of government ignore the Constitution, then that certainly meets the definition. Tyrannical is worse, and the next step. We’re just catching up in reverse to the rest of the unfree world.


56 posted on 12/01/2015 12:12:16 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: jurroppi1

thanks much :)


57 posted on 12/02/2015 7:06:03 AM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
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To: Gaffer

Thanks much :)


58 posted on 12/02/2015 7:09:05 AM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
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