Posted on 08/08/2008 4:51:24 AM PDT by Quick Shot
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday denied a request by Texas to temporarily cut federal ethanol requirements for the nation's fuel supply, saying the state had not proved that the recent rise in corn prices is severely hurting its economy. Under the energy law signed late last year, 9 billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel must be blended into gasoline between Sept. 1, 2008, and Aug. 31, 2009, to meet a national Renewable Fuels Standard. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) sought to reduce that to 4.5 billion gallons, on the grounds that the mandate is hurting livestock producers and increasing food costs.
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thank you EPA...
We have too much government on the east coast. If they weren’t all holed up together, they could make more sense of the world around them...
We have too much government all over the United States ...
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The ethanol lobby has spoken.
Why George never cleaned out his house after all this time we will never know.
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“We have too much government all over the United States ...”
Yeah, for sure. I keep hoping that Texas will succeed but with all the snow birds who have migrated down here, supposedly to escape the dire circumstances where they come from, it’s probably now not possible as they have brought their perverted and demented political habits with them - seems they never learn...
“We have too much government all over the United States ...”
Yeah, for sure. I keep hoping that Texas will succeed but with all the snow birds who have migrated down here, supposedly to escape the dire circumstances where they come from, it’s probably now not possible as they have brought their perverted and demented political habits with them - seems they never learn...
IMO, he never had any intention of cleaning house. That was clear from day one when he refused to do anything about the trashing of the WH by the previous administration.
The ruling class WILL have its way.
The ethanol lobby has spoken.= your cash is in the freezer.
E-10 costs you 3-5% in mileage. But who cares, you are paying the freight to burn food. How cool is that.
Burn oil, eat corn fed beef, drink alcohol.
It’s what the market supports.
George *appointed* the current EPA administrator (and the previous one too, IIRC).
I say Perry should pull a “Molon Labe” on Washington. Read the book by the same name and you’ll see what I mean.
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