August 7, 2008

The Ethanol scam - EPA

Interesting article on how the EPA is driving the production of Ethanol with zero regard for food price increases and the futility of making Ethanol. From CNN/Money:
EPA rejects ethanol waiver request
Environmental agency says it will not curtail the government's ethanol production requirement despite request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it will not curtail a rule requiring that ethanol be added to gasoline, turning back a claim that the additive was artificially raising food prices.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry petitioned the EPA in late April to grant a 50% waiver on the nation's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which calls for 9 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol to be added to gasoline supplies this year.

"I am greatly disappointed with the EPA's inability to look past the good intentions of this policy to see the significant harm it is doing to farmers, ranchers and American households," said Perry in a statement. "For the EPA to assert that this federal mandate is not affecting food prices not only goes against common sense, but every American's grocery bill."

After a weeks-long delay in its ruling, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said the government agency denied the waiver request because it did not find that the RFS caused "severe economic harm."
Your typical beaurocrat - sad to see that he is a Bush appointee... Posted by DaveH at August 7, 2008 4:05 PM | TrackBack
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My advice to anybody sick of the governments misguided ethanol policy should go to the website www.congress.org put in your zipcode and send a letter to your federal reps (Bush, two Senators and your U.S. representative)they aren't very smart but will recognize numbers.

Posted by: Corny at August 10, 2008 4:02 AM
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