AKBASSKING
Stop E-15! I've done my part, please do yours!
You can give your money to an American farmer in a seed corn hat, or you can give it to a man wearing a turban who wants to kill you……..With big oil calling the shots in DC we really don't have a say anyway….Is ethanol fuel bad in some marine applications, absolutely. Is ethanol production/use efficient, not exactly….However the infrastructure is there already………Is my opinion biased, absolutely…..I am proud to say I am an American farmer!!!!! Please use these renewable resources when applicable.
My US Import boat now runs so much smoother after I have taken care of all of the "E10" related issues. We do not have E10 here...
Things like Generator fuel-pump impeller dis-integration, water condensed in fuel tanks, Cool-Fuel disintegration, hose replacements, filter replacements etc.
More money, oil and parts (parts costs CO2 to make) has been spent on overhauling those issues than the E10 ever saved the environment.
Put you cars on Natural Gas and so the boats can get their lovely petrol!
I do plan to put in a Nuclear engine in my boat - once they are ready for my size. *G*
Things like Generator fuel-pump impeller dis-integration, water condensed in fuel tanks, Cool-Fuel disintegration, hose replacements, filter replacements etc.
More money, oil and parts (parts costs CO2 to make) has been spent on overhauling those issues than the E10 ever saved the environment.
Put you cars on Natural Gas and so the boats can get their lovely petrol!
I do plan to put in a Nuclear engine in my boat - once they are ready for my size. *G*
DONE! BTW we are not really importing as much as we used to from the middle east if you look it up, havent been for a little while
one example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBl5y79Gr0s
one example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBl5y79Gr0s
I support a renewable alternative - isobutanol (there was an interesting article on it in Boating mag). However, I don't support renewables that require subsidies. If it can't stand on it's own, then it is truly inefficient.
Done!
Done!
If they could invent an engine that would combust water, it would become a commodity, the price of water would skyrocket and nations would go to war over water, the most abundant thing on earth.
Here is an interesting article from Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/04/20/its-final-corn-ethanol-is-of-no-use/
I sent my letters a week or so ago, here's what my US Senator sent back.
Dear Carl,
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about the use of ethanol. I appreciate hearing your views.
Corn-based ethanol is a bridge to new, advanced biofuels that do not compete with our food supply. These next-generation biofuels convert products like native grasses, agricultural waste, and timber waste into fuel and require fewer input costs.
I believe that biofuels are a critical part of overcoming our nation's dependence on foreign oil. The Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of E15, which is a blend of gasoline and up to 15 percent ethanol, for vehicles that are model year 2001 or newer. E15 is prohibited for use in all motorcycles, off-road vehicles, heavy-duty engines, and older cars. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency also created new fuel labeling requirements to help consumers avoid misfueling. I will continue to monitor this issue, and should related legislation come before me for a vote, I will be sure to keep your views in mind.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please continue to keep me informed about issues of concern to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
The United States Senate • Washington, DC 20510
stabenow.senate.gov
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about the use of ethanol. I appreciate hearing your views.
Corn-based ethanol is a bridge to new, advanced biofuels that do not compete with our food supply. These next-generation biofuels convert products like native grasses, agricultural waste, and timber waste into fuel and require fewer input costs.
I believe that biofuels are a critical part of overcoming our nation's dependence on foreign oil. The Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of E15, which is a blend of gasoline and up to 15 percent ethanol, for vehicles that are model year 2001 or newer. E15 is prohibited for use in all motorcycles, off-road vehicles, heavy-duty engines, and older cars. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency also created new fuel labeling requirements to help consumers avoid misfueling. I will continue to monitor this issue, and should related legislation come before me for a vote, I will be sure to keep your views in mind.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please continue to keep me informed about issues of concern to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
The United States Senate • Washington, DC 20510
stabenow.senate.gov
Well I recieved this back from Murkowski. Talk about hot air....
Dear Thomas:
Thank you for contacting me about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). I appreciate hearing from you and having the opportunity to respond.
While I welcome the increased use of biofuels, I have significant concerns about the RFS and believe it should be reformed. In recent years we have seen a series of implementation challenges, including criminal fraud and volatile compliance costs for those obligated to purchase biofuels. Very few of our vehicles and very little of our nation's infrastructure are warranted to use fuels that contain more than 10 percent ethanol.
Despite a guaranteed market through the RFS and a separate tax subsidy, cellulosic biofuel production remains far below mandated levels. Serious questions have emerged about the RFS' environmental and agricultural impacts.
As our nation's annual fuel consumption continues to decline, it has also become harder and harder to blend more biofuel into gasoline, as is required by the RFS through the year 2022. This has hastened the arrival of the so-called "blend wall," which represents the effective limit for ethanol the predominant biofuel under the RFS that can be safely and legally mixed into the broader fuel supply.
As the Ranking Member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I have been closely following and examining this issue. Even though the Committee does not have jurisdiction over the RFS, we regularly focus on issues that are related to it. I stated in early 2011 that Congress should consider reforming the RFS, and again called for that to happen in a comprehensive energy policy blueprint that I released near the start of this year. I was also able to question a number of witnesses about the RFS' potential impacts during a hearing our Committee recently held on gasoline prices.
It is time to rethink the RFS as it currently exists. I believe that biofuels have a definite and ongoing place in our fuel supply, but we also face a range of RFS-related problems. I am working with my colleagues to reform the standard and ensure that those problems are resolved – instead of worsened in the years ahead.
Should the Senate consider legislation related to the RFS, I will keep your comments in mind.
Again, thank you for contacting me.
Lisa Murkowski
United States Senator
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Dear Thomas:
Thank you for contacting me about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). I appreciate hearing from you and having the opportunity to respond.
While I welcome the increased use of biofuels, I have significant concerns about the RFS and believe it should be reformed. In recent years we have seen a series of implementation challenges, including criminal fraud and volatile compliance costs for those obligated to purchase biofuels. Very few of our vehicles and very little of our nation's infrastructure are warranted to use fuels that contain more than 10 percent ethanol.
Despite a guaranteed market through the RFS and a separate tax subsidy, cellulosic biofuel production remains far below mandated levels. Serious questions have emerged about the RFS' environmental and agricultural impacts.
As our nation's annual fuel consumption continues to decline, it has also become harder and harder to blend more biofuel into gasoline, as is required by the RFS through the year 2022. This has hastened the arrival of the so-called "blend wall," which represents the effective limit for ethanol the predominant biofuel under the RFS that can be safely and legally mixed into the broader fuel supply.
As the Ranking Member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I have been closely following and examining this issue. Even though the Committee does not have jurisdiction over the RFS, we regularly focus on issues that are related to it. I stated in early 2011 that Congress should consider reforming the RFS, and again called for that to happen in a comprehensive energy policy blueprint that I released near the start of this year. I was also able to question a number of witnesses about the RFS' potential impacts during a hearing our Committee recently held on gasoline prices.
It is time to rethink the RFS as it currently exists. I believe that biofuels have a definite and ongoing place in our fuel supply, but we also face a range of RFS-related problems. I am working with my colleagues to reform the standard and ensure that those problems are resolved – instead of worsened in the years ahead.
Should the Senate consider legislation related to the RFS, I will keep your comments in mind.
Again, thank you for contacting me.
Lisa Murkowski
United States Senator
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> http://murkowski.senate.gov
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