Posted on 11/16/2013 2:38:55 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed reducing the amount of ethanol that is required to be mixed with the gasoline supply, the first time it has taken steps to slow down the drive to replace fossil fuels with renewable forms of energy.
The move was expected, but it drew bitter complaints from advocates of ethanol, including some environmentalists, who see the corn-based fuel blend as a weapon to fight climate change. It was also unwelcome news to farmers, who noted that the decision came at a time when a record corn crop is expected, and the price of a bushel has fallen almost to the cost of production.
“We’re all just sort of scratching our heads here today and wondering why this administration is telling us to burn less of a clean-burning American fuel,” said Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association.
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Charles Drevna, president of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, said that the ethanol interests were relying on “a continual government program that is an anachronism in 2013, that is seriously flawed, that puts consumers at risk, that consumers don’t want.”
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Yeah, cars will soon be legal only if all seats are occupied. If you drop someone off, you have to wait around until you can find someone to ride with you.
But they promise that if you like your car, you can keep it, you just can't drive it very often! And they promise that this will lower your fuel costs since you will be driving less. And, more importantly, it will save the planet!
Vodka.
Actually, production ethanol goes through molecular sieves to get to fuel grade. There’s no alcohol purer than that.
Most ethanol for human consumption leaves certain “contaminants” in or adds them to help cover the taste of the pure alcohol.
[I smell a RAT. ADM contributes too much to the coffers to allow this]
It could be the White House is just shaking the industry up before they shake them down for the 2014 elections.
We’re one Presidential election away from seeing the mandate ended.
GW Bush was a conservative, no?
Odd that I posted an article the same day showing the epa proposing ADDING more pop-corn to gas and then the nyt has an article saying the epa wants to reduce the amount of pop-corn in gas. WTF? It’s almost like nobody in this administration has a clue. Oh, wait. They don’t. Well they do, but it’s the wrong clue. And, even though I liked a lot about gw, he nor anyone in his family is a “true” conservative. A dump truck load better than the “lyin’ king”.
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