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Nov 17, 2012

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA

* DC - EPA rejects bid to relax ethanol mandate. 2012 drought prompted request over corn fuel use 

(Photo / AP, 2012: Steve Niedbalski, of Nashville, Ill., shows his drought and heat stricken corn while chopping it down for feed in this photo from July 11. Farmers in parts of the Midwest are dealing with the worst drought in nearly 25 years) 
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -November 17, 2012: -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday rejected a request from eight governors and nearly 200 members of Congress to waive requirements for the use of corn-based ethanol in gasoline, after last summer's severe drought wilted much of the nation's corn crop... The move is a victory for corn farmers who have seen corn prices jump 400 percent in recent years. But it is a loss for pork and beef producers who say the diversion of corn to ethanol raises feed prices and ultimately prices at the supermarket... Automakers have clashed with ethanol advocates and opposed boosting the percentage of ethanol. They argue that higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline — which may be necessary in order to meet stepped-up minimums for annual ethanol usage — can harm engines in most vehicles on the road today... 

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