Biden authorizes the emergency sale of
ethanol-based E15 fuel this summer to
combat soaring gas prices and help save
10 cents a gallon - despite smog and health concerns
Reuters,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
4/30/2022 10:47:41 AM
The Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver for a higher-ethanol gasoline blend on Friday, allowing summertime sales of the fuel in an attempt to help lower gasoline prices at the pump.
The move represents a temporary win for the biofuels industry and corn farmers, as it will likely expand sales of corn-based ethanol, and a setback for oil refiners, which view ethanol as competition.(Snip)'Coalition for Clean Air is concerned that increasing the ethanol content of gasoline beyond 10 percent could boost summertime smog, which sears the lungs,' Bill Magavern, policy director at the coalition, told DailyMail.com in an email. The ground level smog has been tied
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DrOstrow 4/30/2022 11:33:28 AM (No. 1142558)
Neat plan.
Let's see. Increase ethanol percentage in gasoline results in lower MPG ( less energy in ethanol ) leading to
more gallons being purchased to go an equal number of miles means more gallons SOLD means
MORE TAX MONEY ( currently $.37 / gal in my state ) and little if any reduction in TOTAL COSTS to commute,
shop,travel etc.
Also proves to the unwashed masses that the Dems are really doing something to help us all.
Yeah, right. Help us all over the cliff ! Pardon me while i wretch.
The Biden Regime headed by chairman of the board Flap Ears Barry knows exactly what has caused
this breathtaking rise in energy costs ( they did it - intentionally ! ) and they know exactly how to fix it - reinstate
President Trumps policies that were CANCELLED by said regime.
They are simply NOT GOING TO DO THAT. Not without some, um, er, ah, 'persuasion' or 'encouragement'
or 'pressure' and maybe not even then. They just MIGHT fix it around Sep or Oct and anyone who doesn't
know WHY they might fix it then is not paying attention !
We are stuck with this and more INTENTIONAL disasters until some house cleaning takes place by whatever
method REQUIRED and there is NO pleasant, clean, painless way that I can think of to do that !
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 4/30/2022 11:34:04 AM (No. 1142559)
My car says straight out NOT to use E-15 or risk engine damage. Hard pass for me, thanks.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Birddog 4/30/2022 11:35:46 AM (No. 1142564)
Prices for corn approaching RECORD levels..."Lets just BURN a bunch of it"- Joe Biden
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 4/30/2022 11:49:41 AM (No. 1142580)
Brilliant non solution to his manufactured premeditated problem.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
frodo 4/30/2022 11:54:32 AM (No. 1142585)
not only does this do bad things to our engines and milage, but it takes corn out of the food supply. corn becomes more expensive hurting the poor in Latin America where corn is a staple of the diet.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
fca 4/30/2022 12:13:52 PM (No. 1142610)
A gallon of gasoline provides one-third more energy than a gallon of ethanol.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
joew9 4/30/2022 12:15:15 PM (No. 1142611)
Ethanol is only cheaper because of the enormous tax payer money funneled into the producers pockets. Ethanol is not a viable energy source. It is a net energy sink when everything it takes to produce it is taken into account.
You can make a money losing business profitable with subsidizes but you can't make an energy losing process produce energy with money.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jalo1951 4/30/2022 12:18:42 PM (No. 1142617)
This stupid asshat idea solves nothing. Open up our energy resources. A thin DAMN DIME will make no difference and will not help in any way. It's a joke, you're clown administration is a joke. Let the farmers plant food and let the energy companies do what energy companies do. Can't wait until your boob advisers come out and tell us that our Memorial Day cook-out will cost a $1 less than last year. Oh, wait. That's not going to happen. We'll all be eating tofu hotdogs and paying out our butt for them all because of YOU. We will not forget. You can put that dingbat out front to tell us all the "correct information" you think we need to hear. Idiots. You think you are stupid. Food, gas, ALL purchases going up daily but we are suppose to think it's not really happening on your watch. We are going to hand you your butt on a platter in November. Even a bag of manure has some worth. You are worthless and a liar to boot.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
hershey 4/30/2022 12:20:18 PM (No. 1142619)
Turn the pipeline back on and let us drill you DOOFUS!!!!!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 4/30/2022 12:21:48 PM (No. 1142620)
And REDUCED fuel economy. Alcohols have dramatically less energy per gallon, so as you add more of this destructive food-based adulterant, you LOWER the energy content of a gallon of "gas", therefore reducing miles traveled per gallon of fuel.
STOP with the damned corn in my gas tank. The ONLY thing it does is increase farmer's profits at the expense of the driving public.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/30/2022 12:25:05 PM (No. 1142623)
Remember when they did Cash for Junkers, and then put glass in the motors to ruin them.?
This will do the same thing ,only over a longer period of time.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Phantomll 4/30/2022 1:13:27 PM (No. 1142652)
The owner's manual of our vehicle specifically warns NOT to use E15!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/30/2022 1:39:53 PM (No. 1142677)
Biden intends and does not care if this E15 destroys gas powered engines.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Hazymac 4/30/2022 1:59:05 PM (No. 1142696)
Some auto manufacturers will void engine warranties if more than 10% ethanol is added to gasoline (as an adulterant to perfectly good gasoline with 66% of its energy content). Everything this illegal administration has done is somewhere on the spectrum spanning wrong, damned wrong, and even wronger than that. They have done nothing right. Let's go Brandon.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Safari Man 4/30/2022 2:38:14 PM (No. 1142729)
Let's stop producing petroleum, convert food into fuel, and decry the food shortage.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 4/30/2022 2:39:37 PM (No. 1142730)
They created high gasoline prices by shutting down domestic production. Now, in the face of rising food prices, they plan to use more corn to make ethanol to put in the gasoline.
Morons.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Tennman 4/30/2022 2:43:17 PM (No. 1142735)
Yet another moronic, feckless move by our moronic, feckless "leadership".
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/30/2022 3:32:56 PM (No. 1142786)
I will be in line at the non-ethanol pump.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mc squared 4/30/2022 3:33:48 PM (No. 1142787)
Most warranties are void if used with E85. E10 does enough damage unless it's replenished periodically as in a vehicle that's used frequently. Other engines - not so much.
Only Flex-Fuel vehicles can use E85. Only a small percentage of them on the road, and I don't think any small engine allows the use.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 4/30/2022 4:35:07 PM (No. 1142820)
Hey FJB, how about using corn for food instead of fuel. You can't drink gasoline. You can eat corn. What a bozo?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
JimBob 4/30/2022 11:32:55 PM (No. 1143006)
One more action to DELIBERATELY Weaken and Destroy America.
This is not done through ignorance or incompetence.
This, like all their other 'bad decisions' are DELIBERATE.
Cut off the Fuel Supply, Cut off the Fertilizer Supply (induce a future Food Shortage), Wreck the Economy, Destroy the Middle Class AND the Working Class, Overrun the Nation with Illegal Aliens and Illegal Drugs, Release Criminals on the Streets, Disarm the Honest Citizens, Forbid Speech that does not 'Toe the Approved Line' (with the new 'Disinformation Regulatory Commission or whatever it is called)....
Encourage our Foreign Enemies, Betray our Friends Abroad........ and that's all just for Starters.
Joe Biden..... 'Chance the Gardener' from the movie 'Being There', brought to life, as a Hand Puppet for his evil Democ'RAT Handlers.
Worst. President. Ever.
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Contaminate our gasoline and then the air because Big Ethanol wants more money, then turn around and say increased levels of smog are why we need coal-powered cars. Backing ethanol was a huge early unforced error made by Donald Trump; it should have been shut down for many reasons.