My outboard motors are gonna be sufferin' again !
Buy corn.
They’ll have to subject any thing they label as ‘scientific’ to complete open source scrutiny after the climategate matter.
The reply to the EPA should be, “You lied about AGW, ergo you can’t be trusted on this either.”
Allowed? Only this administration would phrase this decision in this way. They are going to shove it down our throats.
Another wasteful junk science form of energy.
Pray for America’s Freedom
It would appear, to the casual viewer, that the people calling the shots just love to ride dead horses.
Can’t we get them out of dc because they are insane?
Why sure, even the California CARB says ethanol produces 2.5 times the CO2 than does plain old gasoline. Before Schwarzenegger made them take it down.
And according to the US Governments EIA the USA has more fossil fuel resources than any other nation ... So we have to do something to get the prices up for Americans — Don’t you understand, it’s so unfair.
Does ethanol cut emissions? Give better performance? Cheaper? Cut imports of oil? I am pretty sure the answer to all four questions is no....so WHY USE IT AT ALL?
Typical leftist thinking. Their liberal law didn’t work, so they demand more of the same law that failed. And when that fails too, they will repeat their demands.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result each time.
Trying to turn more good vwehicles into Clunkers.
Well, there goes my boat motor.
With the exception of FlexFuel vehicles, running on a geater than 10% ethanol blend will void manufacturers’ warranties.
To err is human, but it takes a government to really **** things up.
I drive a 1998, who is going to pay when the lock up the cylinders.
I am sure gas stations aren’t going to have multiple grades setup.
I’ve held off buying the 100% pure gas, but if ethanol goes to 15%, then I think I’ll be getting 100% pure from now on...
Hopefully my station will still be selling 100% gasoline then!
I had to use Ethanol blended gas on a trip not long ago. I got about 4 miles less per gallon than I did using real gasoline.
Seems funny to me that the cost of health insurance for the poor is important, but the cost of food for the poor is not. The price of corn affects all food prices. As more corn is taken to produce ethanol, which is not solving the polution problem, food prices will go up for all. It has been acknowledged that ethanol produces more pollution than it prevents, but promises were made and they must force us to use the ethanol.
The Democrats are for the poor guy, except in this. They are in control and could back off on this, but they will not.
Why is the EPA even proposing 15% before the test results are in? We don't need Clunker Creation legislation.
Now that the economy sucks and smaller cars are up, while miles driven are down, that 15 billion gallons of ethanol is about 20% more than the market can absorb.
Given a problem solely created by government intervention in the market, the government's answer is...more government intervention.
So, now, we'll pay more to fill up the tank, get fewer mpg, risk more mechanical damage...and continue to do zip for "cleaner air".
A free market never would've made this mistake. Much less repeated it.
The Ethanol Story is a case history of how government screws up everything it touches.
Great! Now I will get even worse gas mileage.
It is all a commie government plot to increase tax revenue forcing car owners to purchase more bad gas to get lower vehicle MPGs.
This is just another tax hike. My fuel economy went down at the 10% blend and it is forcing me to burn more gallons of fuel. 15% will be that much worse.
This is not about the environment it is about increasing tax revenue at the local, state and federal level. You can use loop holes on your income taxes or work in the underground economy but you can’t escape consumption taxes. Perhaps they are trying to squeeze the recently unemployed masses who might be doing odd jobs to survive?