House panel passes bill to require more study on effects of E15

http://www.ogj.com/articles/2012/02/us-house-panel-passes-bill-requiring-more-studies-of-e15-impacts.html

Looks like te EPA won't be able to just shove E15 down our throats, hopefully this actually opens some eyes.

E10 is bad enough.....

Looks like the ethanol lobby needs to buy a few more prostitutes.... er..... Congressmen.

1988RedT2 wrote: Looks like the ethanol lobby needs to buy a few more prostitutes.... er..... Congressmen.

Who are the real ones doing the shoving. Not the EPA- they know that we can't grow enough corn to support that....

This like kind of stood out to me.

“In small engines, E15 is downright dangerous...”

Not sure I understand why. I'm not a proponent of ethanol, but how is it dangerous? Or is this just grandstanding for the media?

I raced model boats for years burning 30% methanol, oil and 50% nitromethane mix. You wouldn't want to drink it, but dangerous seems a bit extreme.

Toyman01 wrote: This like kind of stood out to me. “In small engines, E15 is downright dangerous...” Not sure I understand why. I'm not a proponent of ethanol, but how is it dangerous? Or is this just grandstanding for the media? I raced model boats for years burning 30% methanol, oil and 50% nitromethane mix. You wouldn't want to drink it, but dangerous seems a bit extreme.

It dissolves fuel lines/ fittings leading to gasoline leaking onto hot engines. That is dangerous.

stumpmj wrote: It may dissolvessome fuel lines/ fittings leading to gasoline leaking onto hot engines. That is dangerous.

FYP. Lots and lots of fuel systems out there are robust even up to E100.

I've been running all of my engines on E10 for well over a decade without incident.