I second that about "Seward's Folly"!
Here's  the reply I received from my GOP Senator on the matter;


Thank you for contacting me regarding our nation's energy policy and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It is good to hear from you.

Ohio is home to seven ethanol plants with total yearly production capacity of 523 million gallons. As you are aware, Congress first established the RFS with the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Two years later, the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 expanded the biofuel mandate volumes and extended the date through 2022. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for establishing and implementing the RFS to ensure that the nation's transportation fuel supply contains the mandated biofuels volumes.

On November 30, 2015, EPA issued a final rule for RFS blending volume requirements for all renewable fuels for 2014, 2015, and 2016, and for biomass-based diesel through 2017. Although the final rule scales back the statutory mandates set by Congress, the standards require significant growth in renewable fuel production and use. Based on the final rule, 18.11 billion gallons of renewable fuel must be blended into transportation fuel in 2016.

A real energy plan for America can help bring back jobs, turn around our trade deficit and spark an American manufacturing renaissance. It starts with an all-of-the-above strategy, including an aggressive plan to take advantage of America's abundant resources and innovative technology in Ohio and around the country.

Thank you again for contacting me regarding the RFS. If legislation concerning the RFS comes before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, or to the U.S. Senate floor for a vote, I will keep your views in mind. For more information, I encourage you to visit my website at www.portman.senate.gov. Please keep in touch.
 

Sincerely,

Rob Portman
U.S. Senator


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I believe Alaska is ethanol free also, but who would want to live there? It will never happen in Calif were the majority are to the left..

Hi Fellas,
There has been  legislative success in Hawaii regarding ethanol according to SAN. Here's the link;
http://www.semasan.com/page.asp?content=sema-action-network-df-2015-winter-legislative&g=SEMAGA
Also, here's another link to take action;
http://smarterfuelfuture.org/blog/details/moose-want-answers-from-presidential-candidates?utm_campaign=2015.12.15EndOfYearEcomm&utm_source=All&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Moose


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All mainstream fuel is free from ethanol here, but there are a few places that sell E10 and E85.

Up until recently, my only complaint about ethanol was the waste of good farm land and it's lack of efficiency.  A couple of months ago, I noticed a leak while the engine was running which turned out to be the frame to engine fuel hose.  It was barely three years old and purchased from a reputable Thunderbird parts supplier, yet both ends were rotted and broke off easily when I flexed them,  Not having this type of problem before, I'm inclined to blame the ethanol in the gas.  I've been using 10% or less ethanol which seems like what everyone sells around here.

Dbird

55 Thunderbird, 56 F100 in progress
Modesto, CA

Roger.  Thanks for the clarification on the Florida ethanol fuel situation.  Here in Texas all gasoline pumps except the E85 pumps must have the ‘May contain up to 10% Ethanol’ stickers regardless of the actual content in the gasoline.  This just simply means having to check the fuel for ethanol content before doing any testing with it to verify either the percent content or if it’s even there.  In my area premium fuel (91-93 octane) has no more than 5% ethanol but the lower grades are consistent in their 10% ethanol content.  I do still come across ethanol free premium although the pump stickers will indicate otherwise.  As I’ve said before, if you don’t actually check the fuel, then you really don’t know what you’re getting.
 
I have run ethanol laden versus no ethanol fuel tests on the shop truck and it results in a 1½ mpg difference.  That breaks down as a 6% reduction in fuel mileage when using 10% ethanol fuel versus no ethanol.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Hawaii and Florida have banned the use of ethanol in the gasoline at their own state levels.  Pennsylvania has legislation pending to also ban the addition of ethanol in the gasoline sold within that state.  Getting with your own state legislatures can push these ethanol bans into a national movement.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

In that math, E85 gets you 85% drop in MPG.
Something is not right.


Hyvinkää, FI

Maybe if enough citizens get together and make our voices heard we can get our Representatives to do something constructive and eliminate ethanol from our fuel. Here is a link to information and a petition to sign and pass on;
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ethanol-in-gasoline-is




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