Posted on 09/11/2018 10:03:04 AM PDT by rktman
There’s been something of an underreported war going on between the ethanol lobby (King Corn) and the EPA for the past year. While President Trump has failed to entirely kill off the Renewable Fuel Standard, or even cut back on the amounts of ethanol that the government forces the energy industry to blend into the gasoline supply, the EPA has offered at least some small measure of relief in the form of waivers for smaller refineries of older design. But even that limited measure has enraged those profiting from this scheme. Now they’ve concocted a study which claims to show “demand destruction” in the ethanol market as a result of those waivers. One of their biggest lobbying groups has been pushing it out on Twitter this week.
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GOP could end this buy scheduling an early Super Tuesday with primaries in states that matter, and threatening to not seat delegates from Iowa if they hold a caucus before that date.
I am tired of having my engine destroyed because somebody needs to win the Hawkeye Cauci every four years.
You mean that those who aren’t FORCED to use your product might not want to?
Too bad, so sad.
If the crap was genuinely useful, it would HAVE a market already, not a government mandated use.
You’ll note the strident ethanol opponent Ted Cruz won the Iowa Caucuses last time around.
First Rule of Civilization:
DON’T BURN YOUR FOOD..........................
Ethanol destroyed carb in 77 Monaco and a bunch of small engines yard eqpt of mine.
Burning food in cars or stoves is wrong and stupid.
GMO Roundup-Ready corn doesn’t belong in anyone’s cereal bowl. (Or gas tank, for that matter).
The entire industry is a syphilytic whore who infects everyone she touches. Big Ag loves to portray themselves as little farmers, but they are among the worst crony-capitalists sucking at the engorged leviathan’s teats.
The problem is a greater volume of ethanol is required to be added to gasoline each year. The standard does not use a percentage of ethanol/gasoline blend but a volume of ethanol to be used each year. As we try to use less gasoline (more efficient cars) we are using more ethanol. Higher percentages of ethanol can cause issues for many cars. Also higher levels ethanol in fuel causes mileage to drop.
Ooooo....that looks so tasty....
GMOs are keeping me standing. Perservatives getting in early.
ok, lets get back to the start of this thing. It was enacted for energy independence, surplus of corn at the time and environmental reasons, trade of balance , and even saving the small farmer. And mostly because the taxpayer was tired of paying subsidies to farmers. Especially storage payments for a 3 year reserve of grain.
all good reasons and part of the reason we are here today with energy surplus. Yes, the situation has changed, yes, there is wrong info. yes, it is not perfect.
But the one thing I want everyone to think about is that reserve. If we don’t use the last bushel of old crop the day before the new crop came in, we screwed up.
Folks, there is no margin of error anymore. But at least with all the ethanol production we can convert it for human consumptions and forget our problems like they did in the old USSR>
I’ve just read some interesting things about gasoline vs alcohol for fuel. I don’t know if they are true or not.
It seems John D. Rockefeller supported prohibition so alcohol could not be used as a fuel in autos.
Anyone got info on it?
When you drive around the heartland (Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc.) there is an ubiquitous convenience store/gas station/pit stop called Casey's General Store. These are everywhere and are sort of a Raceway/Sheetz/7-11/Wawa place for fuel and food. In some small towns it is the only store at all.
And Casey's offer a choice of real, honest, ethanol-free gasoline. It seems those living in the heart of the corn belt aren't so keen on the ethanol blend that is foisted on the rest of America.
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Yeah, I’m guessing that you really don’t know all that much about farming.
Corn in to your car’s fuel tank destroys the fuel system over time.
You want to get the corn content in your gas tank below 15% and hopefully below 10% toward 5%.
Wish I could find the excessive paper I did in college, nearly 40 years ago. It was about gasohol— the myriad problems it had and caused, it’s positive potentials and the tax breaks it was getting to try to make it a viable commodity. Imagine my surprise and disgust when the gov made it mandatory even tho those problems had not been overcome.
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