Ethanol free petition

[fjrwalker]

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petiti ... e/lhq1qgW4

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Keep ethanol-free gas widely available.

Many car, boat, motorcycle, aircraft and other internal combustion engines require ethanol-free fuel, E0, to run properly. E0 gasoline is becoming a scarce commodity, due to the unintended consequences of the federal RFS mandate in EISA 2007, which was meant to spur E85 production and distribution and sale of flex-fuel vehicles. Since E85 vehicles remain a small fraction of the national fleet, E10 fuel production has exploded to meet the state-by-state volumetric ethanol requirement. If ethanol-free gasoline disappears in the retail market, a large number of vehicles will be rendered inoperable or will operate at severely reduced performance and incur higher maintenance costs.

 

[Ignacio]

This is obviously political, but I think this particular issue is not only motorcycle related, but the E15 part at least does relate to FJR. That, of course, is the one exception allowed for political stuff.

Moving thread to FJR Specific area...perhaps as an experiment. That said, let's all do our best to keep it about E15 (or option of E0) and the FJR. Off-topic blather won't be treated very kindly.

Thanks.

The Management

P.S. I signed it personally.

 

[puppychow]

Signed.

PS - Only 2000 odd signatures in almost a month? It's an uphill battle in the next week. Maybe it needs some serious publicity.

 

[rfespinosa]

I would sign it but I don't want to create an account.

 

[Fontanaman]

I will sign it. I do not like ethanol at all. Thanks for posting and thanks to Iggy for allowing the post.

 

[Gramps]

Signed.

 

[WRThumper]

Signed, and forwarded to others.

 

[Twinrivers]

Signed and shared on facebook.

 

[carlson_mn]

Signed.

Is the push for E15 becoming serious?

 

[Fontanaman]

Signed.

Is the push for E15 becoming serious?

I hope the admins do not view this as a political response.

The EPA has a FAQ on E15. Interesting to note they acknowledge E15 is not suitable for all motorcycles.

The EPA site also notes, "EPA, in response to a request by Growth Energy under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, has granted a partial waiver to allow E15 to be introduced into commerce for use in model year 2001 and newer light-duty motor vehicles, subject to several conditions."

In my view if the EPA has granted a partial waiver to allow E15 subject to conditions then it is serious. I did not dig further in the the conditions of use.

If the admins believe I have sinned, I am sorry, please delete the this post.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Another petition linky on Pure-Gas.org. Let's hope the states take their time implementing E15 into the mainstream.

--G

 

[RedPorscheKilla]

Signed and shared at FB and other groups I'm engaged with.

 

[Auburn]

Petition signed

 

[TomInPA]

I signed, but like Puppychow said, it's got a long way to go and a short time to get there.

 

[BikerGeek99]

Signed.

 

[beacher]

You guys might want to distribute this to your friends, seeing as how the petition isn't doing all that well: https://tinyurl.com/ag6rmqx

The E15 is not only not suited for mc's, it's really not suited for cars, either!

 

[edgeburner]

I signed today! Need about 20,000 more before February 8th...

 

[Mount Rainier]

Done.

Keep Going!

 

[AVGeek]

Signed, this affects all my bikes, along with my motorhome...