Posted on 03/18/2015 3:39:38 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
United States Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), today joined Sens. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and seven other cosponsors to introduce The Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013.
The bill eliminates the corn ethanol mandate within the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires a yearly increase in the amount of renewable fuel that must be blended into the total volume of gasoline refined and consumed in the United States.
The RFS, which was first enacted in 2005 and then expanded in 2007, requires refiners and blenders to use 16.55 billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2013.
"In 2005, Congress bought into the corn ethanol mandate for billions of dollars, and taxpayers have been stuck with a lemon ever since,” said Flake.
(Excerpt) Read more at flake.senate.gov ...
Kay Hagan is no longer in office to “sponsor” this— it must be from last Senate.
Thom Tillis would be good to ask about this, him having defeated Hagan.
Ethanol has destroyed millions of small engines. It is not clean burning. It has to be distilled from corn, the corn having been grown with petroleum derived fertilizers. It does NOT save energy at all and is NOT green.
Bob Dole and the corn lobby— hope they are happy. It’s time to go, ethanol Methanol can be made from literally any cellulosic source— wood chips, grass, corn stalks. Methanol burns clean, and has real cleaning power for engines. Wood alcohol.
So the price of tacos, corn flakes, and bourbon should come down, right? Let’s watch and see.
Sorghum is animal feed.
Grow your own wood sources for methanol and make it yourself to add to your car. It will clean the injectors and then some.
And, it does not pollute like ethyl alcohol.
A better idea is to grow hemp which produces mega diesel. Lots and lotsa diesel. Very high volume per acre.
Ethanol is bad for your engine anyway.
The ethanol mandate is a tremendous waste of money. Get thee gone.
Would love this to occur. Artificial market gone, and groundwater will actually be cleaner.
Unfortunately Walker pandered to Iowa and - reversing positions stated long ago - said he’d continue the subsidies.
I like him better as Governor instead of presidential candidate. So far.
No mandate to use corn that I’m aware of except the Iowa farmers are addicted that that corn ethanol subsidy which should be stopped. Corn is about the least efficient to use in ethanol production. Sugar based crops are much better and the corn should be used for food.
What will corn do without flake?
If politicians thought they could buy some votes with refried beans and cars could be fart powered , all school lunches would mandate chimichangas and the new food pyramid would have beans at the top.
Parliament of whores , indeed.
No doubt about it. :=)
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There is no corn ethanol subsidy of which I am aware.
Sugar crops are free to compete with corn for ethanol production.
Well except for the subsidy. LOL!
Which subsidy to you mean?
The price of corn is half of what it was two years ago. I presume you have noticed the effect on corn-linked foods at the supermarket? Right?
One more time. 1 acre of sweet sorghum gets you 800 gallons of ethanol. 1 acre of corn gets you 441 gallons of ethanol.
The corn subsidy is all about ethanol.
hehe
You don’t know!
As I recall, the oil can then be refined in conventional petroleum facilities: the crackers (both thermal and catalysed) immediately come to mind.
Ever heard of the so-called “green diesel?”
Identical to petroleum diesel in every way, but for the original source: hemp vs. crude.
Gasoline-weight HCs can also be produced this way...really, most hydrocarbons...
FWIW, New York would have to trade oil >$100 to break even on these processes...
“Identical to petroleum diesel in every way, but for the original source: hemp vs. crude.”
Read my post #24 about hemp for diesel.
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