This is all due to Congressional mandate for a set amount of ethanol to be consumed.
The only way the idiotic mandate can be met is to jack up the ethanol percentage in the gasoline.
The first step would be to dump these idiotic mandates and stop subsidizing ethanol to the tune of billions of dollars for a motor fuel or additive that has been proven to destroy engines, increase ozone pollution, and to say nothing of the ridiculous amount of energy and crop land it takes to produce feedstock (corn) for the process. It’s also less efficient than straight gasoline thereby requiring more to be consumed to do the same amount of work.
Folks, not only does Ethanol cause rust because it combines with water, it has lower combustion temperatures, low energy, reduces mileage and cruds up the engine. Don’t use it in your small engines especially since it attracts water and will seriously jack up your carburetor.
Adding insult to injury it competes for animal food and to make matters that much worse... dumbo and his demorat lackeys have mandated that all feed for livestock, chickens and such have an added tax... TO PAY THE ETHANOL SUBSIDY!
This is all true, I am in the oil business and the family is in the poultry business. Poultry raisers are expecting another round of increases in prices to cover this tax on grain.