Posted on 03/12/2019 6:33:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump on Tuesday advanced a plan that would expand the use of ethanol in gasoline across the U.S., a move pushed by corn farmers but expected to draw ire from the oil and gas industry.
The latest step pushes forward a proposal that would allow the year-round sale of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol, known as E15. Previously, E15 was restricted under air pollution requirements between June 1 and Sept. 15, as science shows burning ethanol in warmer temperature leads to heightened ground-level ozone pollution and smog. The new plan will effectively lift those sales barriers.
Also under the plan, Trump will make it harder for refiners to trade credits for biofuel use known as renewable identification numbers (RINs).
Currently, refiners and importers of natural gas must blend their fuels with ethanol before sale or purchase RINs sold on the market.
The administration’s RIN reform would include requiring public disclosure of RIN, limit the length of time that nonrefineries or importers can hold a RIN and improve compliance obligations on a more frequent basis. The White House last October directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate a rulemaking to expand waivers for E15 and change way RINs were traded on the market. Tuesday’s proposed rule very closely resembles the plan put forth by Trump.
The EPA on Tuesday said it will be looking for public comment on the rule and will hold a public hearing March 29.
“Consistent with President Trump’s direction, EPA is working to propose and finalize these changes by the summer driving season,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement. “We will be holding a public hearing at the end of this month to gather important feedback.”
Trump has long hinted at his plans to expand the ethanol market, a promise...
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They are coming for your small engines (boats, chainsaws, lawnmowers)! And while they’re at it, they don’t care if they screw up your auto/truck engine, either.
It for Muvver ErF!
Keep the government out of my doctors office and gas tank.
Just say NO.
Big mistake - 1% ethanol is too much!
No.
Why a duplicate post? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3734182/posts
The US Federal Bureaucracy is on autopilot. It does what it wants.
LOSING — aka not winning this time
So, the government will pay to retrofit all of the machinery designed to operate on real gasoline, right? And the taxes will go down also, no doubt, in proportion to the non-gasoline in the fuel.
It shouldn’t even be legal to call it gasoline.
In other news, the chocolate rations will be raised to 20 grams a week.
Two different articles does not a duplicate make.
Crapgas
Diesel!
Yes, but in this case it is also something the President wants as it was a big campaign promise he made to Iowa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC6ZX_epWcc
This is one of the very few times when Trump is actually stupid.
Diesel!”
yup. The only way to go.
I’ll never go back to fakegas.
Large engines don't like ethanol gas either. Let a car sit a couple months or more, and you may see an engine sputter on spoiled gas. The ethanol deposits a layer of water in your gas tank over time if not used, and it can foul fuel injectors.
All of them are stupid when it comes to ethanol and propping up an industry that cant survive and thrive on its own.
Welfare for farmers is what it boils down to.
There are plenty of other better crops to grow, perhaps some organic non-gmo corn humans can eat. Corn for ethanol is not used in food for people.
Welfare Corn Gas
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