Farmers Lobby EPA For 15% Ethanol

The chipped valve in the left pix was caused by a lean ethanol mix. The picture on the right shows where the resin that ethanol dissolved from a fuel tank ended up. The valve on the left won’t seat properly and should look more like the valve on the right.

Not satisfied by the high food prices that 10% Ethanol
gasoline has wrought, the farmers and ethanol-makers are now petitioning the EPA
to approve 15% ethanol on the way to 25%. Not only will this raise the price of
food stuffs in the U.S., it will ruin most marine engines.
Not
one engine manufacturer approves the use of their engines with gasoline with a mixture
greater than 10% ethanol. There are 18 million boats currently in operation in the
U.S., and none of them have been designed, certified or warrantied to run on anything
above E10. Already, with just 10% ethanol, the engine makers are inundated with
service and repair problems that have stretched their reduced staffs to the breaking
point. Boaters across America have had to pay for new carburetors, seals, O-rings,
valves and fuel tank replacements. Unless all boaters act swiftly and with passion,
the well-financed ethanol lobby will steamroll the EPA into 15% ethanol. Last year
boaters were able to defeat an onerous EPA measure in Congress, and this year we
again call on you to register your thoughts again to defeat the 15% ethanol proposal.
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