EPA Institutes Minimum Gas Purchase Requirement For Some Stations

National Review Online ^ | 9/19/12 | Betsy Woodruff

[Nachum]

Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R., Wis.) has a post on the Hill’s Congress Blog highlighting a bizarre new regulation from the EPA requiring some gas stations to sell at least four gallons of gasoline at a time. It affects those that pump both E10 and E15 (gas with 10 percent or 15 percent ethanol) through the same hose. Since E15 is pretty terrible for small engines and old cars (Sensenbrenner says it’s “like metal in a microwave for a small engine”), the theory is that when customers whose engines cannot handle it are buying gas,

[Nachum]

Obama and Agenda 21

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[duckman]

Jimmy Carter and 1973 all over again. Next odd even license plates.

[KarlInOhio]

How about clear labeling about what type of "gasoline" is being sold so I can make the choice if I want ethanol in it?

How much gasoline is actually between the switch choosing what I'm getting and the nozzle? It seems like 4 gallons is an awful lot for the difference between E10 and E15 unless a gallon is between the switch and the nozzle.

[goseminoles]

Just go to ethanol free stations(pure) like I do..

[goseminoles]

Fyi...

http://pure-gas.org/

[Truth29]

The age old question - “Or what?” This will be a true wonder to enforce.

[camle]

so if a customer who’s engine can’t handle the gas is forced to buy a minimum amount, it’ll make sure to fry his engine.

[yobid]

http://pure-gas.org/extensions/map.html

Useful link to find pure gas. It's all I use.

[TurboZamboni]

The EPA...is there anything they don’t know and want to control?

[CrazyIvan]

So if I tank up a Sportster do I run the extra on the ground?

[dfwgator]

Damn it! Well, then you find 'em, and you get 'em back in the dome! And to make sure nobody else gets out, I want roving death squads around the perimeter 24-7! I want 10,000 tough guys, and I want 10,000 soft guys to make the tough guys look tougher! And here's how I want them arranged: tough, soft, tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft, tough, soft!

Sir, I'm afraid you've gone mad with power.

Of course I have! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, no one listens to you!

[I Drive Too Fast]

Summer 2011 while driving through Iowa I put in a higher blend of ethanol (not sure if it was E-20 or more) because the midgrade price was 10 cents a gallon cheaper than the regular price (E-10) and the label wasn't clearly seen. At a station is South Dakota I noticed they had it clearly marked. I think the chocies were: E10, E30, E50 all the way up to E85. I figured it out when my gas mileage to there dropped a lot (all the way down to 32 mpg when I was getting as high as 41 mpg).

I only made that mistake once, but it didn't ruin the car nor the engine. I was driving a 2008 Honda Civic.

[DManA]

This is a small example of why the US has crashed to 18th place on the Cato Index of economic freedom.

[longtermmemmory]

so if you buy ONE gallon you stil have to pay for FOUR?

Talk about a TAX PENALTY!

who keeps the extra money?

[Not A Snowbird]

What about motorcycles, EPA?

When we fill up our Harleys we go to stations with separate hoses for each type of gas, not stations with one hose.

Problem solved.

[OneWingedShark]

who keeps the extra money?

Do you really think the EPA cares? Nope, just so long as it's held that they can actually do this.
It really is time to start teaching bureaucrats the rope-dance.

[longtermmemmory]

so the epa will mandate seperate hoses because the regulation will create more jobs. Then you have to have hose inspectors. Then there will be tax collections on the parts... I think a democrat just had an tax orgasm.

[GeronL]

None in my neck of the woods

[TigersEye]

Destroying engines stimulates the economy. Just like taking lead out of gas did.