Posted on 05/18/2011 12:10:52 PM PDT by jmaroneps37
By ACT! for America recently sent out a "Special Action Alert" requesting support for a Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19] sponsored bill, H.R. 1687 - Open Fuel Standardization Act.
The bill promises "to ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the United States." According to ACT! for America, the bill is "one common sense approach to energy independence!" Reading the actual bill, however, may lead you to a different conclusion.
Washington, it seems, has determined that our energy problems are because the auto manufacturers simply aren't giving us the right choices to make when we peruse their dealership lots. Rep. Shimkus, along with co-sponsors Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6], Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28], Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17], Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2], Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2], and Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7] sprang into action and crafted a bill that only Cass Sunstein could appreciate.
H.R. 1687 would mandate that 50% of all new cars and light duty trucks produced by 2014 be engineered to run on some type of alternative fuel.
By 2016, the percentage of new alternative fuel vehicles increases to 80%; finally topping out at 95% in 2017. Step aside, Free Market, Big Government coming through! If only “We The People” weren't so obtuse. Unwilling to do the right thing; passing over Chevy Volts in favor of Ford F-Series Pickups and Honda Accords. Shame, shame.
Unburdened by frivolous things such as actual consumer demand, the Government will save us from our folly. We'll plug millions of new electric cars into our aging and already underpowered electrical grid. It doesn't get more green than electricity after all….
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The bill is subtitled: The Horse and Buggy Act
**The bill is subtitled: The Horse and Buggy Act**
then the same said WHACKOS will complain about the “HORSE HOCKEY”
My diesel truck runs just fine on the alternative vegi fuel, so I guess I’ve got it covered.
Don’t animal dung/flatulence contribute to Global Warming...er...uh...I mean, Climate Change? These people do not care about the chill-rens! They just hate the little chill-rens! Oh the MANATEE! /s (kinda)
TARGET ACQUISITION COMPLETE: Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
The good citizens of Illinois have a duty to the rest of us.
Even worse, we seem determined to let them.
The economic, environmental, and moral disaster of ethanol cannot seem to be stopped despite agreement from the left and right (large parts at least) that ethanol is no solution for future energy needs. If a Democrat proposed this bill, I would understand that this bill aligns with Democrat desires to nationalize energy development and usage. However, Republican sponsorship makes me believe that we have an enemy in our midst. This congressman should be run out of the party.
how about we just outlaw the california bourtique blends of fuel.
Most modern cars can run on:
85% Octane Gasoline
87% Octane Gasoline
90% Octane Gasoline
85% Ethanol
100% Butanol
With changes to the fuel supply, injectors and computer...
100% Natural Gas
100% Propane (or 70% propane and 30% diesel)
So.... why do we need this law?
The bill means nothing ,, almost all cars can run on E85 which is an “alternative fuel” ,, since the bill makes no sense it should be discarded.
They will get you one way or the other. You can by vegi diesel at some stations, so a diesel is still a multiple fuel engine.
CORRECTION: Since Representative Shimkus makes no sense, he should be discarded.
What’s so bad about this? It requires that cars accept alternative fuel? right now, ethanol can ruin a car....if they fix cars to accept it, we won’t have so many car repairs...
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