Posted on 09/17/2012 1:48:07 PM PDT by TigerClaws
With prices at the pump worrying Americans, Republicans have railed against the Environmental Protection Agency’s new gas mandate that requires consumers to buy at least four gallons when purchasing from stations with hoses containing 10 percent and 15 percent ethanol-blended fuel.
On Monday, Republicans on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Chief Administrator Lisa Jackson criticizing the agency’s approval of the sale of gasoline containing 15 volume percent ethanol.
Specifically, the EPA will require that consumers purchase a minimum of four gallons when buying from a gas station that sells gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol and 15 percent ethanol — also known as “E15″ — out of the same gas pump.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/14/republicans-criticize-four-gallon-epa-gas-purchase-mandate/#ixzz26lJBZx54
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Like I’m going to pay ten bucks of gas to pour on the ground to get the $6.40 gas I need for my scooter.
Absurd.
If I get my wife and son out, we'll fill 3 bikes with one swipe of the card at one pump. Alternatively, you could wave a fist full of cash at someone purchasing premium for a car and "tailgate" on their purchase. I don't want E15 in my motorcycles...ever.
Why would you presume the EPA cares whether or not it damages cycles (specifically 2 strokes)?
they think “saving the planet”(which ethanol doesn’t do) is more important than anything else.
Does that mean the sign at the gas station will say $16.00 instead of $4.00?
Why aren’t these people defunded yet???? House pubbies: YOU control the purse...yeah I know, hard for you to believe but its TRUE!
So I go fill up my mower can @ 2.5 gals and what are they gonna do? Throw me in jail? They will do that about once.
EFF these azholes!What a bunch of morons.
The gas can lobby must be behind this.
My gas can that I fill my mower and chainsaw is only one gallon...............
I haven’t seen a gas pump that offers me a choice of E10/15 or regular.
No they won’t enforce it...on individual consumers. They will go after the vendor, franchisee, gas station owners.
Is this satire? Launching this kind of mayhem right before the election cycle is certainly enough to draw attention away from Obama’s FAILED foreign policy.... but I dont’ think it would be the attention they wish to have!
So I need to start lugging a jerry can around to buy gas for my mower? I guess I need to get out the ol’ siphon hose for small “purchases”.
How many gallons does it take to set an EPA adminisTRAITOR on fire?..........
” - - - Specifically, the EPA will require that consumers purchase a minimum of four gallons when buying from a gas station that sells gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol and 15 percent ethanol - - - “
No problem: just BOYCOTT those gas stations.
Actually it is quite easy to enforce. Make all the pumps pre-pay or credit card only (that's already pretty common here in Indiana) and mandate a 4-gallon minimum purchase charge.
see my post #34
It is a cluster flop just waiting to happen. Fornicate E15 and E10 - stop burning food.
They'll probably mandate a pump retrofit later, funded by new gas taxes to pay for the new federal retrofit program. /s
Exactly. :(
This is awful.
Depends on if you're using an incandescent or squiggly bulb to light it off.
Oh that's right, incandescent will soon be illegal as well.
A piece of fine wire, 28 gage or smaller works well........;^)
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