{"id":2238,"date":"2016-11-09T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T19:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2016-11-17T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T20:31:08","slug":"ethanol-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/11\/09\/ethanol-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethanol Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), set in 2005, mandated the EPA dictate that an increasing number of gallons of ethanol be blended into the country\u2019s fuel supply each year. Numbers of gallons were to be achieved by certain target dates. The incentive was to increase the amount of renewable fuel we use and decrease dependence on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward twelve years; the EPA is planning another increase, up to 15% blend of ethanol for 2017. According to federal law, an agency is required to seek public input before moving forward on a proposed directive. Last June they received comments from the public, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ethanol-1-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"UnitedMairne.net\/Boat-Insurance\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2244\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ethanol-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ethanol-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>many who have already experienced fuel system failures. Manufacturers of all engines; boats, motorcycles, lawn mowers, chain saws, generators, and numerous other small engines responded. Manufactures made adjustments for the use of E-10, but they reported there are no adjustments to prevent the damage which will occur from the use of E-15 blended fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2017 deadline, due to pressure by lobbies, E-15 was distributed in 24 states even though the damage potential caused by it was commonly known. Many states have refused to allow its dispersal. Many manufacturers deem it illegal and dictate warranty terminations will occur for engines found to contain it. In response to public outcry, the EPA slightly reduced the mandate, but unless Congress passes legislation altering or repealing the RFS, they are required by law to continue.<\/p>\n<p>If the EPA cannot adjust its mandates, these federal requirements will lead to the destruction of many engines. CAUTION: Do not top off your fuel tank with the cheaper E-15, no matter how many stabilizers you add. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), set in 2005, mandated the EPA dictate that an increasing number of gallons of ethanol be blended into the country\u2019s fuel supply each year. Numbers of gallons were to be achieved by certain target dates. The incentive was to increase the amount of renewable fuel we use and decrease dependence [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242,238,241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-insurance-2","category-boating-tips","category-life-on-the-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2246,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238\/revisions\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}