The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 538
If the American flag outside my house wasn't already flying high and proud I
would have run out and run it up the flag pole.
Yeah, baby, we need to reform the RFS, to extend consumer choice, lower our
fuel costs, and stop using that garbage (gasoline) that has been shoved down
our throats for more than 100 years. Let me say it again: "HALLELUJAH!"
But then I read the second paragraph; my buddy Jack writes:
"Based on decade-old fuel consumption projections that have
missed the mark, the RFS
forces increasing amounts of
ethanol into the fuel supply
each year, regardless of market realities..."
"Unless ethanol volume requirements are adjusted to reflect actual fuel consumption
trends, we could end up
breaching the blend wall..."
"The problem: Almost three out
of four of vehicles on the road
today are not manufacturer-approved to use higher ethanol
blends like E15 (15 percent
ethanol fuel)..."
"Extensive testing by the Coordinating Research Council
(CRC) -- the gold standard in
vehicle research -- has determined E15 could damage engines and fuel systems..."
"When the RFS mandates were developed more than a decade ago, the
mandated use of corn-based ethanol seemed to some like a viable option
to lower fuel costs and imports while reducing emissions. Now that the
United States is the world’s largest producer and refiner of oil and natural
gas, we’re in a new era. We’ve transitioned from a net importer of refined
