Domestic Fuel

I don’t work in the petroleum fuels industry so I don’t have a dog in this hunt. However, I support the suit fully because I am so fed up with the federal government’s growing dictatorial attitude. I predict the average American will rise up and have their voice heard this election cycle. It is past time to PUSH BACK!

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And yes, that U.S. military protection is at the cost of all U.S. taxpayers. Those in favor of less taxes, or at least taxes that involve fiscal responsibility, should be in favor of supporting alternative fuels when they go to the polls in November. It is just as dictatorial to support the U.S. military being used to supply less expensive oil to U.S. consumers, at taxpayer expense, as it is to control a fuel industry considered by many to be a national security issue. Many dictatorships use their military to obtain economic resources. I’m not saying there are not plenty of other good reasons for U.S. military actions; just that oil protection is one of the primary factors.

One of the big reasons the EPA is so messed up is, the EPA has been “Out Sourced”. When you try to do any business with the EPA, you rarely speak to a “government bureaucrat”. You talk to a “Subcontractor”. In order to make the EPA more efficient, many of its basic functions (CDX – RINS – Biodiesel certification) have been out sourced to private contractors. The professionals that used to work there are gone.
These contractors are each in their own little world. They don’t care about any other parts. They are answerable to no one. Don’t bother calling your Congressman, they can’t help.
Call the EPA some time to ask a question. The response you get is “I know nothing. Check the Website.”

[...] Petroleum Industry Files Suit Over Renewable Fuel Standard. – Cindy Zimmerman, Domestic Fuel, March 29, 2010 The petroleum industry has filed a legal challenge over the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2), which was just finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency. Both the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed the lawsuit Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the EPA rule, officially published in the Federal Register on Friday. Click Here [...]

[...] (you couldn’t miss them if you watched the Winter Olympics) and then they turn around and file a suit against the EPA for the expanded Renewable Fuels Standard. They claim it is “unlawful and [...]

[...] and the American Petroleum Institute (API) challenging the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). The petition was filed in March of this year saying the RFS2 violated the statutory requirements setting separate biomass-based [...]

[...] Petroleum Institute (API) was rejected by the District Court of Appeals in December 2010. The petition filed in March 2010 claims that the RFS2 “violated the statutory requirements setting separate biomass-based [...]