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Ethanol-blended fuel amounts continue to rise. An ongoing issue since the passage of the Renewable Fuels Standard a decade ago, the presence of ethanol in fuel has become even more contentious this year thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency’s continued push for increased ethanol volumes and higher ethanol blends. The agency’s final ruling on the issue last year broke the theoretical blend wall by mandating ethanol in 10.1 percent of the nation’s fuel supply, and its follow-up ruling last month bumped that figure to 10.7 percent, sparing only about 200 million gallons of the nation’s fuel supply for ethanol-free gasoline. In addition, the agency has proposed deregulations for fuel blends above E15, the current limit for non-flex fuel vehicles.
In response, legislators proposed a number of bills this year that would curtail ethanol-blended fuels, including the Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016, which would cap the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s fuel supply at 9.7 percent. While some late lobbying pushed to get the bill through in the latter days of the current Congressional session, it and a number of other anti-ethanol bills appear set to die at the end of the year
I can't STAND ethanol laced fuel, I keep Marine Sta-Bil in the trunks of both of our classic cars so when we can't get 91 octane non-ethanol gas we can at least combat the costs and negative impact of corn juice laced fuel.
Ethanol-blended fuel amounts continue to rise. An ongoing issue since the passage of the Renewable Fuels Standard a decade ago, the presence of ethanol in fuel has become even more contentious this year thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency’s continued push for increased ethanol volumes and higher ethanol blends. The agency’s final ruling on the issue last year broke the theoretical blend wall by mandating ethanol in 10.1 percent of the nation’s fuel supply, and its follow-up ruling last month bumped that figure to 10.7 percent, sparing only about 200 million gallons of the nation’s fuel supply for ethanol-free gasoline. In addition, the agency has proposed deregulations for fuel blends above E15, the current limit for non-flex fuel vehicles.
In response, legislators proposed a number of bills this year that would curtail ethanol-blended fuels, including the Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016, which would cap the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s fuel supply at 9.7 percent. While some late lobbying pushed to get the bill through in the latter days of the current Congressional session, it and a number of other anti-ethanol bills appear set to die at the end of the year
I can't STAND ethanol laced fuel, I keep Marine Sta-Bil in the trunks of both of our classic cars so when we can't get 91 octane non-ethanol gas we can at least combat the costs and negative impact of corn juice laced fuel.
