E15 Ordered

[Erdoc48]

I don’t think the government heads will ever see the futility of corn for ethanol as it is an energy intensive process to make it - other fuel types are as well, such as hydrogen (and I think they stopped producing H2 cars as distribution costs for the H2 were quite high). Even EV battery production takes quite a bit of diesel to mine for the minerals, and lithium extraction isn’t clean either.

This is a long read but interesting:

Ethanol as Fuel: A Bridge to Nowhere - National Center for Energy Analytics

Download the report Listen to the Report Executive Summary In the United States, 40% of the corn crop is now dedicated to producing corn ethanol, which displaces only 10.5% of the gallons (7% of the energy) in the nation’s gasoline tanks. The federal government has aggressively subsidized and...

energyanalytics.org

 

[Al st1100]

U.S. Department of Energy.

E15​

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines E15 as gasoline blended with 10.5% to 15% ethanol. In 2011, EPA approved E15 for use in light-duty conventional vehicles of model year 2001 and newer, through a Clean Air Act waiver request, based on significant testing and research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Stations are not required to sell E15, but some have started offering E15 due to state and federal incentives for upgrading equipment and better profit margins when compared with regular gasoline. E15 is available in 31 states at just over 3,000 stations. E10 remains the limit for passenger vehicles older than model year 2001 and for other non-road and small engines and vehicles that use gasoline, such as lawn mowers, motorcycles, and boats.

Vehicles approved for E15 use:

• Flexible fuel vehicles
• Conventional vehicles of model year 2001 and newer.

Vehicles prohibited from using E15:

• All motorcycles
• All vehicles with heavy-duty engines, such as school buses and delivery trucks
• All off-road vehicles, such as boats and snowmobiles
• All engines in off-road equipment, such as chain saws and gasoline lawn mowers
• All conventional vehicles older than model year 2001.