Comments on: The EPA once again raises its biofuels standards — for biofuels that still do not exist

By: Friday morning must-reads at Class War Watch

Friday morning must-reads at Class War Watch — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:59:04 +0000

[...] EPA raises biofuels standards — for biofuels that do not exist [...]

By: EPA targets scam-ridden U.S. biofuel program, yet fails to rein in own abuses « Daily Energy Dump

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:15:29 +0000

[...] Interestingly, a new study highlighted by the Environmental Workshop Group casts doubt on the effectiveness in corn ethanol in reducing green house gases, and being generally eco-friendly. (Hat tip Hot Air.) [...]

By: GWB

GWB — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:48:29 +0000

In any rational sphere of time and space, the EPA would have lost its authority ~~to mandate private businesses to comply with their fanciful notions~~

FIFY, Erika.

That it took a court order to force the EPA to back down from mandating the use of an essentially non-existant product, tells you all you need to know about the EPA. That the EPA has now doubled down on this act of stupidity tells you ~~way more than you need to know~~ they really don't care. Jabberwock on February 1, 2013 at 8:11 AM

Fixed that one, too.

By: Must Know Headlines — ExposeTheMedia.com

Must Know Headlines — ExposeTheMedia.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:43:45 +0000

[...] The EPA Once Again Raises Its Biofuels Standards — For Biofuels That Still Do Not Exist [...]

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:38:44 +0000

BREAKING:

EPA to mandate US airlines to utilize matter transporters for no less than 8% of passengers by 2015.

By: sadatoni

sadatoni — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:57:21 +0000

“U.S. EPA worked hard…”

by multiplying 8.65 x 1.61849710982659 by hand. “Let’s raise the amount by 60% for 2013!”

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:48:41 +0000

These fuels are helping put the owner-operator truck driver out of business.
These fuels, and diesel fuels have been suffering for a while now bcs they got rid of the sulfur that was NECESSARY to keep the water out of it. So now it grows algae & costs us a lot of money in fuels filter costs, etc.

Modern engines cannot handle all of this nonsense.
I’m watching engines that were lasting for a million miles now lasting for not even 1/4 of that before they need expensive overhauls or repairs.

If you’re a huge trucking company, you buy brand new stuff all the time & your rates go sky high, which is one reason why all goods are sky high & rising.

The little guy does not have the wherewithall or the cash flow to deal with this.

By: MarkT

MarkT — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:48:16 +0000

Follow the money through Illinois to ADM.

By: Jabberwock

Jabberwock — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:11:18 +0000

That it took a court order to force the EPA to back down from mandating the use of an essentially non-existant product, tells you all you need to know about the EPA.

That the EPA has now doubled down on this act of stupidity tells you way more than you need to know.

Amazingly, this will end up in court again.

By: Don L

Don L — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:48:31 +0000

The out of control renagade EPA is at it again.

SWalker on January 31, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Renegade? methinks it isn’t at all. In fact, it’s just the opposite, merely following orders, Ja?

By: Don L

Don L — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:46:29 +0000

Just another form of Cloward Piven-the goal is to break the system that shames the Communist world and their American allies in Washington .

By: mixplix

mixplix — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:13:37 +0000

EPA, a government agency drunk with power trying desperately to justify their paychecks and stay employed very similar to our Congress.

By: itsspideyman

itsspideyman — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:10:58 +0000

Starting in 2014, cars will be required to run on dilithium crystals. BDavis on February 1, 2013 at 1:46 AM

Meanwhile, the more I read about lithium batteries, the more I wonder how they've been given approval for use in automobiles and planes.

By: BDavis

BDavis — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:46:05 +0000

Starting in 2014, cars will be required to run on dilithium crystals.

By: Links for 1-31-2013 | Karl Heubaum

Links for 1-31-2013 | Karl Heubaum — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:24:03 +0000

[...] 8.65 million gallons; the biofuel industry managed to produce all of 21,000 gallons. This situation did not stop the EPA from raising the cellulosic biofuel mandate to 14 million gallons for 2013. Yes, this apparently makes sense to someone in the EPA. I have no idea what the color of [...]

By: JellyToast

JellyToast — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:17:48 +0000

Why not just fine them for not using their perpetual motion machines.

I’d think this would be like the easiest scam in the world to expose…. if we actually had some Republicans in congress to do it.

Hello.. Boehner? Are you there? Here’s an easy one for you! Hello! Wake up! We’re home now!

By: The out of control renegade EPA is at it again. « The Wilderness of Mirrors

The out of control renegade EPA is at it again. « The Wilderness of Mirrors — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:18:16 +0000

[...] When an agency of the Federal government get’s reprimanded in a manner such as this, one could be forgiven for assuming that the agency might think to themselves, “Well, perhaps we should reexamine how we are setting our standards”. If you were to think this is how the EPA responded you would be mistaken. Apparently, the tyrannical moral and ethical busybody protectorates at the EPA have grown so accustom to ruling the world that rather than question whether their could possible be any faults in the way they are going about their business, their response was to double down on assine outrageous overreach. The EPA once again raises its biofuels standards — for biofuels that still do not exist [...]

By: AZfederalist

AZfederalist — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:54:44 +0000

But I was glad to see him go in shame for exactly one reason that I can spell with just three letters: EPA.

Humphrey on January 31, 2013 at 8:47 PM

I will add four more: OSHA

Oh, and 55

And year around daylight savings time

And wage and price controls

By: SWalker

SWalker — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:50:40 +0000

The out of control renagade EPA is at it again.

By: Humphrey

Humphrey — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:47:55 +0000

Tricky Dick richly deserved his ugly treatment by historians on both sides. I could easily forgive him for the Watergate coverup if the standard for such things — as it seems to be these days — is to forgive flagrant violations of federal law and international sovereignty, as has clearly been done in the media with Fast and Furious. (Heck, that little Watergate burglary was probably a misdemeanor in D.C. at the time.) But I was glad to see him go in shame for exactly one reason that I can spell with just three letters: EPA. If there is justice, Hell won’t even have him.

By: agmartin

agmartin — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:47:12 +0000

The EPA wants some of the energy used to power vehicles to come from cellulose. Well guess what distilling ethanol requires a lot of energy, roughly half what burning the ethanol eventually yields. Since you can’t make cellulosic ethanol just burn the cellulose to provide the heat to distill the ethanol. Now some of the energy used to power vehicles comes from cellulose, its just a step removed from the tank, problem solved.

Of course this idea ignores the fact that biofuels do little or nothing to improve the environment which is allegedly the purpose of the EPA.

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:29:08 +0000

The refiners have a court decision, so any demands by the EPA are illegal. AZfederalist on January 31, 2013 at 8:23 PM

. Sounds good. But I want to go further, and declare the EPA illegal.

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:26:43 +0000

It’s absurd that the EPA is mandating such purchases at all. theperfecteconomist on January 31, 2013 at 7:51 PM
. It’s absurd that the EPA exists at all. Rio Linda Refugee on January 31, 2013 at 8:00 PM

. . . . . . also, the IRS, BATF, Bureau of Homeland Security, hell, even the FBI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By: AZfederalist

AZfederalist — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:23:39 +0000

So, given the court decision, what makes the refiners have to pay the extortion? Why not just ignore the EPA? The refiners have a court decision, so any demands by the EPA are illegal.

By: listens2glenn

listens2glenn — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:23:03 +0000

. . . I think I miss pitchforks.

Axe on January 31, 2013 at 8:03 PM

.
Amish still got ‘em, and they’re as PISSED as any of the rest of us about all of this.