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Originally Posted by SAM Hybrid
01) The EPA revokes Gasoline-additive mandate. Means potentially no more MTBE or Ethanol in gasoline. This should create economic issues for Ethanol by not having a large market segment. Related GreenHybrid link.
02) California has only one public Ethanol station, two private stations. California has more registered vehicles than any other state.
03) California has the largest concentration of FFV's in the nation, but with no fueling infrastructure. |
Revoking oxygenation does NOT imply loss of ETOH market- it was revoked specifically to give suppliers more flexibility in adjusting to the requirement for MORE ETOH in the fuel supply per the Energy Act. This will certainly be in the form of E85- more infrastructure, more stations, etc.
There could be a few isloated markets that lose the E10 as more E85 gets sold in those areas (as in net positive local gain in ETOH use/lowering of emissions). My pure guess is that that is unlikely. But possible. I am not familiar with how the how the Energy Act specifies changes to the fuel supply, or if its left to EPA regulation to sort out.