Ethanol blended gasoline can cause serious engine damage when used regularly . It is corrosive and highly water soluble, often leading to storage problems. If left, water in the fuel system can cause rusting, fuel degradation, and other problems. Ethanol fuel is also associated with microbial contamination.
One of the original ideas was to boost farming in the USA for corn to manufacture ethanol but instead, we import it because it’s cheaper. Just take it out, bring down the cost of gas and ruining engines. It will store longer, it will decrease the replacement of engines. Decrease the cost of maintenance on engines. This has a cascading effect on all food processing of big farm equipment which will help in the end bring down the cost of food production. Which will decrease the end-consumer cost for the average person. please make food affordable again! This has a whole cascading life cycle chain that affects everyone.
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The federal law that requires ethanol in gasoline is called the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and further expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; this mandates that a certain amount of renewable fuels, primarily corn-based ethanol, be blended into the nation’s fuel supply each year.
Then the Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandated that increasing amounts of renewable fuels be mixed into America’s fuel supplies over time, primarily corn-based ethanol. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 greatly increased the mandated quantities.
Under the 2007 law, there must be 36 billion gallons of biofuels blended into the nation’s fuel supplies by 2022.
List of Laws and incentives listed on the US Dept. of Energy: Alternative Fuels Data Center: Ethanol Laws and Incentives in Federal