The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 520
• E15 potentially forces drivers to pay for unexpected and costly repairs
themselves.
• Nearly three out of four vehicles in the U.S. fleet were not built for E15
and this fuel is not compatible with motorcycles, boats, lawn equipment,
and ATVs.
• And many automakers say that using E15 could potentially void new
car warranties.
The truth is that:
• The only negative consequence to using higher ethanol blends is to oil
industry profits - there are no negative consequences to consumers who
own internal combustion engines (ICE).
• If there's anything wrong with the RFS, it's that it should mandate
much higher levels of biofuels to be used. The legislation that's needed
is to ban the manufacture of any new gasoline-powered ICE engines for
use in America.
• Any testing conducted by the auto and oil industries that found E15
can harm engines and fuel systems were fraudulently performed and/or
the analysis of any problems were incorrectly blamed on ethanol.
• If E15 was the cause of a problem that required unexpected and costly
repairs then it might "force" drivers to pay for the repairs. However, E15
does not cause engine and fuel system problems. Gasoline causes the
problems. And the problems that are not caused by gasoline are problems that are attributable to any multi-part working mechanism...in other
words, parts normally break down from wear and tear.
• All vehicles in the U.S. fleet were built for E15 (and higher blends).
How do I know? For one thing, the oil industry told us so, for nearly 100
years...but the people working for API weren't told this. SEE: The
