News Analysis: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes Reduction of Ethanol in Gasoline for two primary reasons. The cost of PROPERLY blending higher percentages of Ethanol into Petrochemicals in rising quickly. In fact, the cost to blend rises exponentially, it is said, as greater amounts of Ethanol is used. The second reason is that for American automobiles, the engines have not been Metallurgically and Systemically designed for the Chemical attributes of Greater Ethanol Use. Employment of higher concentrations of the Corn Based Product may have negative implications on engine viability many say.
Corn Farmers have a Primary Vested Interest in producing as large of crops as they can: the existing Ethanol Market is huge and is growing. The Secondary Vested Interest of “Cleaner Burning Fuel”, “Stop Global Warming”, “Protect The Planet”, and such, while having “Mass Marketing ‘Buzz’ Potential” do not address: greater cost for Gasoline Refiners nor for Engine Damage to American Drivers. It is not just the Farmers who want to live in a Clean Atmosphere, but also Petroleum Refiners [who live on the same Planet].
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is rightly trying to achieve a Technical Balance between Pollution and the Price of Production and Protecting against Engine Damage.
Reference: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/15/first-epa-cuts-ethanol-standard/