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EPA: let's talk about that E15 raise a little longer

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking into what might happen to the environemnt if the maximum level of ethanol mixed into the national liquid fuel supply is increased from 10 percent (where it is today) to 15. This is raising all sorts of issues, as we've pretty much described to death recently. It looks like the EPA is dealing with a lot of information on the subject, too (or, maybe, not enough), and today the Agency extended the public comment period by 60 days. The whole discussion was kicked off by an application submitted in ... Read more →

"Great ethanol scam" can easily cost you $1,000, says BW Sebastian Blanco

The undeniable shift towards E15 continues, but not everyone is liking it. Business Week's Ed Wallace has collected a series of anecdotes that shows what he calls the "unpublicized trend" of ethanol ...

GM makes the case for testing E15 ethanol blend Sebastian Blanco

GM has long been a proponent of using high-level ethanol blend, E85, in motor vehicles. But, with all of the talk of putting E15 or E20 (gasoline with 15 or 20 percent ethanol blended in) into the ...

Ethanol will raise cost of food programs by $900 million Sebastian Blanco

A quick follow-up on the E15 warranty post from earlier today. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has found that increased ethanol use in 2007 and 2008 led to a rise in food prices of about ...

EPA's E15 proposal prompts warranty worries Sebastian Blanco

A little search for recent stories on the fate of E15 (gasoline with 15 percent ethanol blended in) in the U.S. shows how the tide seems to be turning in favor of expansion of the biofuel here. The ...

EPA wants to hear your thoughts on E15 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a call today that asks for comments on what would happen if E15 became common in the national gasoline supply. In early March, Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers submitted an application for a waiver that would allow them to increase the blend ...

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supports E15 or E20 blend 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, 11 Midwest Ag secretaries asked Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 or 20 percent. It should come as no big surprise that Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, also made a statement in favor of raising the ethanol blend to either E15 or E20 "over the course of the next couple ...

11 Midwest Ag secretaries ask Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 or 20 percent 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Agriculture secretaries from eleven states sent a letter to President Obama today asking that the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline be raised to 15 or 20 percent. Currently, this amount is limited to, at most, 10 percent unless we're talking about E85 fuel. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture ...

UL changes tune, will allow E15 in UL87 pumps 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month, it was reported that Underwriters Laboratories had not yet approved gas dispensing pumps that were labeled with the UL87 certification to carry concentrations of ethanol higher than 10 percent. Meanwhile, many states in the corn belt were considering bumping the current E10 ...

What is cellulosic ethanol and how does it fit with green cars? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

There is a lot of controversy surrounding biofuels. Various studies have shown that crop-based biofuels contribute to global warming more than they help prevent it, that ethanol is no better than gasoline, and that South East Asian rainforests are suffering for biofuels, to name just three. The ...

Minnesota congressman wants to see E15 nationwide 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The chairman of the agriculture committee in the U.S. House of Representatives wants to mandate that the ethanol blends in gasoline be raised from the current 10 percent to 15 percent. Collin Peterson (D-MN) comes from a state that grows a lot of corn and produces a lot of ethanol. Minnesota ...

$700,000 study will test the feasibility of gas-ethanol blend pipeline 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Association of Oil Pipe Lines along with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will study the effect of E10, E15 and E20 blends on corrosion and cracking of pipelines. The results of the $700,000 study is expected in 12 to 18 months and ...

Toyota to sell ethanol vehicles by 2008 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks in part to the strong Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) market in Brazil, Toyota will begin selling FFVs in the United States by 2008, the Financial Times is reporting. While many of the 6 million FFVs on the American market can use up to E85, Toyota is worried about ethanol’s corrosive ...


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