Posted on 12/19/2017 8:58:28 AM PST by george76
For the first time in years, there is an emerging consensus that the biggest racket in national politics deserves to end.
Earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and 10 other Republican senators held a luncheon summit at the White House with President Trump with the goal of drastically reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard, the federal mandate that annually funnels $13.5 billion from the wallets of American fuel and food consumers into the coffers of agribusiness giants.
Before the national nightmare of Obamacare, there was the RFS, the most sweeping and intrusive federal intervention in the American economy undertaken in modern history. Enacted under President George W. Bush in 2005 and expanded in 2007, the RFS requires that biofuels, mainly ethanol, be increasingly mixed with gasoline in greater proportions each year until 2022.
Every November, the EPA is required to announce that it is mandating even higher levels of ethanol in our fuel supply. Recently, the Trump Administration and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt bravely defied cronyism by freezing the current RFS levels for 2018 — a first step in relieving Americans of this Washington-built burden.
What was the thinking behind this monumental government directive, this freakish experiment in state-planning that arbitrarily picked winners and losers? Its proponents — namely Big Corn and hard-line environmentalists
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Burning ethanol adds more hydrocarbons to the atmosphere than burning gasoline and, in turn, creates more air pollution. Meanwhile, fertilization from increased corn acreage is driving nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into lakes and streams. Blends excessively high in ethanol are destroying engines and fuel systems while the forced diversion of corn into the fuel markets is raising the cost of food.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
For ruminating animals more sugar means more problems.
They all do better on low energy straight grass hays as the place they get the vast majority of their daily calories from.
Thanks for the Ethanol Shield tip.
It comes highly rated and the price is great!
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I fully support the conversion of corn to ethanol. I further support the aging of said ethanol in charred oak barrels ...
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Don’t forget: past X gallons, you’ll need permission from govt. Govt doesn’t like Free Men being 1) self-sufficient 2) out from under its thumb 3) out of range of the long-arm of confiscation vis a vie taxes.
Can’t have personal responsibility and self-determination, y’know, ya might blind someone w/ bad hooch. Only govt gets away w/ trampling Life, Rights, Freedoms and Liberty w/o repercussions...or reason (beyond gaining more power and ‘authority’).
Something to do re: ‘Commerce’ *spit*
Good news!
Well...
It cost me $300 in towing and service to my 2004 Sonata because the ethanol attracted moisture froze my throttle body.
My motorcycle is carburetor-ated. The ethanol damages it and gums it up. Ethanol contaminated gas affects the performance (noticeably) in a negative way.
I have to drive 25 miles to the nearest station that sells ethanol free gas and fill gas cans I keep for my bike.
Pure gas increases my mileage in my cars by at least 5%. When I am able to run it regularly I have more power and pickup. With pure gas my bike goes from about 48-50 mpg to 53-55 mpg as well as running better. Ethanol in gas should be determined by the market, not fascists in DC forcing us to buy it, and then having to buy additives to (try and) deal with the damage and performance issues. I should have a choice.
[http://www.starbrite.com/startron
Star Tron fuel stabilizer.]
I used that for many years prior to using Ethanol Shield in my outboard and did well with it. IMHO Ethanol Shield is better. It also lowers the combustion temp of ethanol additive fuels. Read the research at their site.
There’s an expensive thing to repair with ethanol damage. (grin)
[When I put my small engines(Stihl trimmers and chainsaw) away for extended periods(like over the winter) I will run the Truefuel 2 cycle in them BEFORE I hang them up in the shed.]
excellent strategy.
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Get the booze out of the tank!
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>> “ As others have stated ethanol will gel if it sits in the bowl of your carburetor for an extended period.” <<
Please explain your chemistry!
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There MIB is a fantastic additive despite the hokey name.
I saved a 1 year old genset with it. I foolishly used Stabil in the gas because its all I had at the time.
Like clockwork the main jet was gummed up. EPA carb so that meant full replacement unserviceable.
Followed directions on MIB to the letter. Dump it into a near empty tank, ran unit to get it into the carb fully, shut down and sit overnight. Unit started right up in the AM and ran without the choke having to be full on all the time.
Since then I’ve used it on countless crappy running chainsaws, small engines. Interesting stuff.
Are you saying that in your area you can’t buy premium no-ethanol gasoline at the pump, or from a distributor?
All the stations in my town have either a separate pump or a separate pushbutton for non-ethanol fuel.
On the latter pumps, with the separate button, you will still get a hoseful of ethanol backwash, which the yard crews and woodcutters hate.
I have bought premium no-ethanol for my tanks here at home from a distributor for several years. It’s more expensive...but the last time I lucked out getting 600 gallons just before the price jumped.
Trump has always been a corn ethanol backer. Ted Cruz questioned ethanol and still won the Iowa Caucuses. However, Ted Cruz is the only leading politician to question ethanol subsidies.
” I have two 2-cycle engines. I have had trouble with the fuel lines rotting in both of them.”
Hmm. My chainsaw got a broken fuel line where it went into the tank. Maybe that was rot. My weed eater is acting up. I got replacement fuel lines and a carb rebuild kit for it.
I read up on ethanol-infused fuel. Looks like it was a bad idea. It was done to reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
“Are you saying that in your area you can’t buy premium no-ethanol gasoline at the pump, or from a distributor?”
Yes, there are no regular gas stations within 10-20 miles of where I live and commute in southern NH that sell NON ethanol fuel 89-94 octane. The only gas station that sells non ethanol through the pump is Haffners in Hudson, NH that sell the 110 octane leaded racing fuel.
There are some gas stations in the central part of NH that cater to the small boat/marina customers that sell non ethanol gasoline. However, they are an hour drive away.
I have also checked with the local airport here in Nashua for non ethanol aviation fuel.
In mine, the whole fuel line disintegrated.
“Please explain your chemistry!”
I am not a chemist. However, I can tell you from experience that I have pulled the carburetor off of my John Deere Kohler engine, removed the bowl and found gel in the bowl. I have also found water droplets in there.
If there were ethanol. The water wouldn”t have separated into droplets.
This strategy came from my local Stihl dealer. Prior to that I would run the machine dry and then put it away. He stated that could still allow small portions of ethanol gasoline left in the carb jet holes. This can then gel and plug those jet holes.
The problem with Stihl products is that you can not buy a $25 carburetor for them on internet like you can for Echo and other equipment. You have to buy Stihl parts from a Stihl dealer.
That is exactly what I found. Droplets of water sitting in the bowl when I removed it.
If you found droplets of water, it wasn’t because of ethanol. Ethanol and water form a solution; petroleum and water don’t.
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