Johnson Praises Proposed Year-Round E15 Fuel Sales
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) praised the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule that would allow for the year-round sale of E15, a 15 percent ethanol fuel blend. Current regulations only allow for E10 in the summer months, limited to 10 percent ethanol.
“I am grateful for Administrator Wheeler and the Trump administration’s commitment to year-round E15 sales,” said Johnson. “If approved, this change will ensure more affordable options at the fuel pump, not to mention cleaner fuel options. Farmers should feel encouraged that the administration is pushing to meet the deadline for summer driving season. I will continue to work with the administration to see this much needed change cross the finish line.”
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Ick. Hemis guzzle premium, skinny boy. Alcohol is for drinking.
This E15 subsidy needs to end. *All* ag subsidies need to end.
Republicans in SD need to start TALKING about that, and promoting it. You can’t claim to be for free enterprise and also for subsidies for home-state industries (selectively, at that). You cannot criticize Sen. Rubio for doing the same thing for his state.
The time is long PAST when GOP politicians in this state stop pretending that they don’t know this, when they’ve known it for decades. The state GOP should step up on this, also.
E15 isn’t a subsidy.
It’s just market access . . . allowing consumers to buy what they want.
I don’t want to burn more corn. Which was planted and harvested with diesel. I want charging stations along the interstate. I want rebates for electric cars. I want solar and wind everywhere. But I know that won’t happen here. We’re too afraid of cannibalizing our current industries, so someone else is going to do it for us.