03-31-2015, 01:18 AM
It looks like pressure works sometimes. From Agweb.com Headline: "EPA Succumbs to Pressure to Reduce Ethanol Mandate." This was from the end of 2013. Funny enough, that's about when all of our local gas stations started getting pure gas at their pumps, rather than the one or two stations prior. I'm not sure why you folks in other states haven't felt it like that yet -- maybe a stronger corn lobby in your state?
"Critics who have been taking shots at the national ethanol mandate finally got their way this month when the federal government reduced the amount of ethanol that gasoline producers must purchase next year.
The EPA proposal to reduce the biofuels mandate by 2.94 billion gallons in 2014 drew howls of protest from agricultural groups that accused the government of giving in to big oil interests. Opponents of the mandate, on the other hand, complained that it didn’t go far enough to reduce ethanol consumption. No one, it appears, was happy."
I wouldn't say no one was happy. I was happy as he**!
"Critics who have been taking shots at the national ethanol mandate finally got their way this month when the federal government reduced the amount of ethanol that gasoline producers must purchase next year.
The EPA proposal to reduce the biofuels mandate by 2.94 billion gallons in 2014 drew howls of protest from agricultural groups that accused the government of giving in to big oil interests. Opponents of the mandate, on the other hand, complained that it didn’t go far enough to reduce ethanol consumption. No one, it appears, was happy."
I wouldn't say no one was happy. I was happy as he**!