Posted on 01/20/2016 4:09:11 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
"...Corn has long been king in Iowa, the nation's top corn-producing state, implanting in Iowa voters a sentiment that every candidate must cheer Washington's backing for ethanol. Since 2011, though, that universal backing has been eroding.
Congress decided at the end of 2011 not to renew a tax credit that cost the government $6 billion a year. Critics of the government’s ethanol policy then set their targets on the ethanol mandate, which requires refineries to blend an increasing amount of biofuels into the U.S. gasoline supply each year.
At the ethanol summit Tuesday, Mr. Trump also read a prepared statement opposing Congress "changing any part of the RFS," or Renewable Fuel Standard, the mandate's formal name.
This year's presidential election is testing the corn industry's political power more than ever, with Republican candidates seeking to find a middle ground between repealing the mandate outright, a move supported by the party's conservative base, and phasing it out.
Mr. Cruz, who is leading in the latest polling ahead of Iowa's caucus, has sought a balance between backing a powerful political constituency and eschewing "big-government" policies the conservative base abhors.
Mr. Cruz has faced criticism from the ethanol industry primarily through America's Renewable Future, the group Mr. Branstad works for. Mr. Branstad's father, the governor, on Tuesday urged Iowa Republicans not to vote for Mr. Cruz because of his lack of support for the ethanol mandate...."
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“Engines last longer than ever. Have you checked car longevity today?”
As noted by others, small engines are being killed. I can speak from experience after the damage to my chainsaw was directly attributed to ethanol containing fuel. It is almost impossible in my area to find such fuel, pretty much limited to tool rental stores. I finally gave up and have replaced all my small engine equipment (chainsaw, blower, trimmer) with 80Volt cordless.
End the government imposed ethanol use and let the free market guide.
Just say no to Iowa farmers trying hold the party hostage to their greed.
Iowan are for sale. The whole reason they gave Obama a mandate.
What kind of work are you in?
I have to feed my children so screw these rent seeking farmers.
Regardless, you take deductions in an attempt to retain the fruits of your labor. What business are you in? If you are in a town and work for a business with more than 50 employees you received government welfare.
My father in law refuses to put it in his car.
Try your local airport and get some 100LL
Airplanes don’t use alky laden gasoline
Well, do you except welfare for tax deductions. Will you accept social security?
Regardless, you take deductions
Apples and oranges.
If you are in a town and work for a business with more than 50 employees you received government welfare.
Prove it.
I own 4 active chainsaws. I grant you they do wear out? How did you go about proving that gas with 10% ETOh caused your saw to wear out? Furthermore, why do only small engines suffer this mysterious wearing out caused by ETOH when vehicles burn ETOH at 100 times the rate and yet there longevity is unprecedented. Show me a single controlled experiment that proves your point.
The problem is that Trump supports forcing oil companies to buy and use a preset and increasing amount of ethanol each year, even when the amount of gas they produce goes down. When the amount of gas produced went down, the EPA reduced the amount of ethanol that had to be purchased to reflect that market reality. Trump would force oil companies to buy the ethanol anyway, which would increase costs at the pump for all of us.
Check your local chamber of commerce and ask how they attract new businesses. It is not rocket science, it is corporate welfare. I’m not ok, but you are, right?
Nice try. Congress also gave the EPA the ability to waive those higher volumes if conditions required. Now Trump is saying that EPA shouldn't be able to waive those volumes even if the ethanol is not needed by the gas producers.
Gasoline is chaser in today’s dollars than it was in 1950. Why whine about it?
So then I assume you also support Obamacare. I mean, you support one government mandate that raises our costs and creates market distortions; why wouldn't you support another?
Alkyl laden? Gasoline is most alkyls? ETOh is an alcohol.
Regardless, you take deductions
Apples and oranges.
If you are in a town and work for a business with more than 50 employees you received government welfare.
Prove it.
Check your local chamber of commerce
I'm not doing your homework for you.
If that happened, a number of people would stop farming until the number of producers arrived at a level that could feed the population while commanding adequate prices to be profitable for the farmers.
You are making a classic liberal argument for government interference in the market. I guess you also support sugar subsidies and other agricultural subsidies. Are you also in favor of subsidies for wind and solar and other "green technologies"?
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