Yeah WTF?!?!?
You are not obligated to keep a BAD campaign promise!
Trump has been nothing less than a STELLAR president.
Here, however, he is wrong.
Agree!There is no positive reason to add ethonol to gasoline.
It surfaced after an STC ( Supplemental Type Certificate ) was obtained to burn auto gas in General Aviation airplanes some time ago. Ethanol would eat at O-rings and it caused some crashes. 2 planes I know (homebuilts) constructed w/ fiberglass tanks made emergency landings because it ate at the epoxy and it went south from there. So enter replace rubber with Viton.
Now these problems aren't just for aircraft, Boats, off road vehicles, Muscle Cars, anything with an old school engine or fuel system. I helped a friend get an old chainsaw going since this new fuel wouldn't do it. Av-gas mixed with motor mechanic, after about 4 pulls did the trick. How many freepers here in States where they can't get an unblended fuel ( think the Northeast ) have posted their or problems their friends have had with this stuff, especially the Outboard Motor folks, their headaches are legendary.
Love POTUS and I am not tired of winning and I get why he did this, but I do not like this one bit. Exchange the corn for De-esculation as a incentive for the Norks. That is a win win. Let them feed their livestock with it or grow that segment of their food supply.
This time he is.
Corn in the tank is a criminally stupid.
I still disagree. Ethanol is only 1 of the uses they get out of the corn they process for ethanol. What remains is high protein feed for animals and other uses. Any comparison that only uses the value of the ethanol is an incomplete analysis
I will take “wrong, but consistent with his campaign promises” over “wrong, and lied his a$$ off to get elected”.
However, I will admit I think it would be better to eliminate ethanol from gasoline altogether.
This is one campaign promise I wish he hadn’t made,but overall he’s done very well. I really don’t know what they hope to accomplish with this E15 fuel,tho. Lots of units can’t use it according to manufacturer’s recommendations. I checked one local outlet & it was about 4¢ cheaper than regular,one octane number higher than mid-grade,& certainly no increase in mileage. What’s the point? To make a few people richer. Judging by most comments I am reading,people don’t want the crap.
Because so many “conservatives” are only so skin deep. When it comes to their grubby hands being cleaned they will side with their little treats from the government coffer. Iowans have shown us that a few times. Pushes up global corn product prices and is a terrible alternative, but makes a handful of farmers rich.