Ethanol on Display at CARS
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFS), the Bobby Likis Car Clinic Network and Ricardo Engineering have teamed up to drive home the message of ethanol as the future for fuel in America at the Congress for Automotive Repair and Service expo in New Orleans.
RFA Director of Regulatory Affairs Kelly Davis has been representing the ethanol industry at the event, talking with car mechanics and technicians and being interviewed by Bobby Likis for his Car Clinic Network television show. Davis just started with RFA on September 1, but she is no stranger to the ethanol industry. “My background’s 30 years in corn processing,” she said. “I’ve actually been producing ethanol since 1981.”
Listen to an interview with Davis: Kelly Davis Interview
Davis has been talking up ethanol at the CARS expo and finding that mechanics have some of the same general misconceptions the industry has fought for 30 years and that is why they wanted to speak to this audience. “A mechanic is a very trusted person with your car,” she said. “We’re here to educate them.”
She, Likis and Ricardo representatives will be addressing a targeted group on Saturday with a panel devoted to “busting myths” about ethanol. Likis is global casting his Car Clinic Network program live from the expo on Saturday, October 12, from 10 am to 12 noon Eastern time.
Listen to Bobby interviewing Kelly on the expo floor Friday here: Bobby Likis Live with RFA's Kelly Davis
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Charlie Peters
I’m confused, that a graph of ethanol used in our gas and the price we pay for fuel sure paints an interesting picture.
An op-ed from May 1, 2002 warned the Bush legislation requiring ethanol might create a 10% increase in fuel price.
An internet search indicated California fuel ethanol use was very minor and with a pump price of about $1.37 per gallon of regular CA CARB fuel.
Fed EPA told CARB’s board Chair to use 5.6% and the fuel price went up.
More time passed and Mary Nichols crew went for 10% and the price goes up.
We now are at 10% and considering 15% and the price has went from about $1.37 to $5.–
The California Government regulators say we use about 14 billion gallons of fuel per year.
So if the price has changed over $3.– in a decade the ethanol laced fuel price increase may be about $40 Billion per year. Is it time for California to request a waiver from EPA? California may have enough energy supply to last a few years.
Received an e-mail rumor today that the US has energy supply to cover decades.
Should California request a waiver of the ethanol mandate so fuel ethanol is voluntary? 510-537-1796
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