New bill calls for ethanol expansion and education
The fact that lots of politicians are interested in promoting ethanol is not new for us. Besides the funding of research in biofuels, a new bill is coming to promote ethanol and educate citizens about their goodnesses. US. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Barack Obama, (D-IL), Kit Bond (R-MO), George Voinovich (R-OH), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation to expand consumer access to E85. Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and John Kerry (D-MA) are also co-sponsors of the legislation.
The ethanol promotion would be achieved by providing grants through the USDA to farmer-owned ethanol producers to install additional E85 pumps at rural gas stations as well as the equipment needed to sell E85 directly to gas stations, bypassing oil companies. They consider that home-grown renewable fuels mean jobs for the country, cheaper fuel for cars and less dependence on foreign oil.
According to Sen. Klobuchar, less than 1 percent of US gas stations serve E85 (1,200 out of 170,000). She will work to include the legislation in the 2007 Farm Bill, which the Senate is expected to take up in the coming months. The bill sets the amount of federal grant assistance at 20 percent of the total project cost, providing enough funding to complete 1,000-2,000 new E85 pumps over the five-year life of the Farm Bill.
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[Source: US Senate via Domestic fuel]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim 6:17PM (6/03/2007)
BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON!!!!
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GreyFlcn 12:02AM (6/04/2007)
Yes Education.
More or less, Ethanol, BioFuels, and Hydrogen are all there to provide a false sense of accomplishment to the public.
They are dragged out to show you "evidence" that politicians, car companies, and oil companies are socialy responsible.
(When they aren't)
And they are pushed to distract the public away from real solutions.
For MUCH MUCH more detail on this issue click here.
http://greyflcn.blogspot.com/2007/06/ethanol-education.html
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Murc 1:24AM (6/04/2007)
I wish our government & car companies pushed for electric vehicles as much as they are pushing ethanol.
ethanol is like hybrids...a interium step....hopfully on a path to an electric car future.
still....anything to keep american money out of the hands of enemy terrorist harboring countries is a good thing.
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frank78 9:58AM (6/04/2007)
Politicians wasting money on our ignorance.
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