One Lone Kansas Voice Against Ethanol in Our Gasoline
 Photo from the Kansas City Star. |
Sing along:
Go ahead and hate your gasoline,
Go ahead and scam a friend.
Do it in the name of subsidies,
You can justify it with an E-10 blend.
There won’t be any markets working,
Come the judgment day,
On the inefficient morning after …
(continue singing)
And, I should add, rides away with 3 percent less gas mileage.
Thanks to Billy Jack Combest for the KC Star link.
Not only is the government restricting the choice to sell and to consume pure gas, it is also restricting suppliers and producers to select non-ethanol alternative energy options. I disagree that the government should favor certain products over others, as it does so strongly with ethanol.
Because the government has distorted the market to favor the ethanol industry, I’m not surprised that gas purists like Eric Foster have difficulty buying anything else. The Renewable Fuel Standard exists at the federal level, and there are many incentives that exist at the state level too. According to the article in the Kansas City Star, the Missouri state government mandates that retailers sell regular and mid-grade ethanol blends when they are cheaper than pure gas, and also provides a tax credit to distributors who buy clear gas and blend in the ethanol themselves. That’s pretty pervasive.
Comment by Christine Harbin — May 26, 2010 @ 1:17 p.m.