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July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
A new blend of gasoline comprising 15 percent ethanol, approved by
the Environmental Protection Agency last month and now available in
Kansas, could damage automobile engines, the Kansas Petroleum Council
is warning.
“We don’t have a problem with ethanol,” council director Ken Peterson
told CNSNews.com. “We use it virtually in every gallon of gasoline
that’s produced for sale in this country, but the E15 is kind of a
different animal in that both the petroleum industry and the car
manufacturers have raised concerns about potential damage from the use
of E15 fuel in a misfueling situation [putting the wrong type of fuel in
your vehicle by mistake].
“And we’re essentially trying to issue a warning, a caveat emptor type of comment, to just be careful about this.”
According to the Coordinating Research Council (CRC), an auto and oil
industry project, gasoline has contained 10 percent ethanol for
several years. The EPA has now raised the “approved” level of ethanol
to 15 percent, which is a major concern to these industries.
“Although ethanol is known for its solvency and corrosive nature,
material changes have made current engines and vehicles robust to
ethanol concentrations in gasoline of up to 10 volume percent,” it said
in a report.
“The engine durability testing in this CRC study addresses possible
concerns due to the use of gasoline blends containing 15 or 20 volume
percent ethanol.”
According to the CRC report, the EPA is promoting the use of more
ethanol in gasoline as a result of the U.S. Energy Independence and
Security Act, passed in Dec. 2007, which mandates that 36 billion
gallons of renewable fuels be used by the year 2022.
In a press release,
Peterson of the Kansas Petroleum Council charged that the EPA was
trying to push a “political agenda” and did not have the public’s best
interests at heart.
“Our first priority should be protecting consumers and the
investments they’ve made in their automobiles,” he said. “EPA has an
obligation to base this decision on science and not on a political
agenda.”
Speaking to CNSNews.com, Peterson said he believes the EPA “ jumped
the gun in advance of the elections because of the popularity of the
ethanol and biodiesel fuels in the Midwest.”
Studies carried out jointly by auto and petroleum industries have
shown that E15 automobile damage can come in the form of poor
performance, loss of engine power due to loss of compression, and
durability issues, he said. Overall, resulting engine repairs could cost
anywhere from $2,000 to $6,000.
The Department of Energy in response to the CRC report said it
“failed to establish a proper control group, a standard component of
scientific, data-driven testing” that was needed in order to determine
results.
The department had conducted its own research and found no evidence
that engines would be damaged by the new fuel, it said in a statement on its Web site.
“The Energy Department conducted its own rigorous, thorough and
peer-reviewed study of the impact of E15 fuel on current, conventional
vehicle catalyst systems. The Energy Department study included an
inspection of critical engine components, such as valves, and did not
uncover unusual wear that would be expected to impact performance,” it
said.
“The resulting Energy Department data showed no statistically
significant loss of vehicle performance (emissions, fuel economy, and
maintenance issues) attributable to the use of E15 fuel compared to
straight gasoline.”
The EPA says that the regulation is merely an option, not a mandate.
The new product may be sold only after the additive manufacturer has registered E15 with the EPA and submits a “misfueling mitigation plan”
– basically an explanation how suppliers will minimize the possibility
that customers will use the incorrect fuel, for example decisions
relating to pump nozzles, correct signage and labeling etc.
E15 fuel is approved only for “light-duty motor vehicles” in model years 2001 or newer.
Kendra Alleyne – July 16, 2012 – posted at CNSNews
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