Comments on: Scott Signs Ethanol Requirement Repeal

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:21:57 +0000

REGARDING:
“My issue is it should have been optional and cheaper than regular gas . I don’t think they should get rid of it all together, but it should be a cheaper option”

For it to be cheaper, ethanol should be half the price per gallon as gasoline since it has about half the energy content per gallon.

There are other reasons to use ethanol blend in gasoline, but cheaper is not one of them.

(By the way, I was in Rio back in the early eighties and alcohol was sold straight at the pump, about sixty nine cents per gallon back then, using sugar cane as the feedstock for making the rum they burned. It smelled nice when burned. Or at least I thought so and I’m a teetotaler,)

By: SHunter

SHunter — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:58:18 +0000

I have a lawn mower in the shop right now due to ethanol. We should always have choices. Some engines are ok with biofuel and we or our kids are going to eventually have to do something to conserve.

By: Charlie Peters

Charlie Peters — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:00:04 +0000

GMO corn fuel ethanol stinks

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:54:13 +0000

The Florida bill mandating ethanol or not mandating it was redundant as the federal rule will prevail. Every station was allowed to sell ethanol free gas if they so desired.
Theoretically the sales could only be for non-highway uses.
Now that is no longer the rule, well in July or whenever this end-of-mandate goes into effect.
It will now be up to the retailer to decide if there is enough in potential sales to spend the dollars to install another tank which would be a minimum if they were to convert an existing pump. Or if they quite selling another grade in order to use an existing tank.

The only ones opposed to this are related to “big sugar” in south Florida.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:27:39 +0000

I’d like to ask Lawrence P; Where are all these ethanol plants and jobs located in Fla. you speak of?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:24:43 +0000

Thank Goodness for Gov. Scott and Fl. Lawmakers for doing the right thing. Ethanol has been the cause of the demise of many marine and lawn care engines. If Ethanol production and use were truly cost effective, the government would not have to subsidize such production.

By: huh

huh — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:31:00 +0000

My issue is it should have been optional and cheaper than regular gas . I dont think they should get rid of it all together, but it should be a cheaper option

By: Lawrence P

Lawrence P — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:12:10 +0000

What will become of the ethanol plants (and jobs at) built in Florida to keep Florida self sufficient rather than trucking ethanol in?

By: MicheleG

MicheleG — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:50:56 +0000

I will actually applaude him for this. Ethanol is horrible on engines. We attended a seminar at Nissan about how ethanol tears up an engine. YEA!!

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:16:48 +0000

Ethanol damages lawn equipment and antique cars. Many of us drive quite a distance to get ethanol free gas to keep our lawn equipment from being damaged. We should all have a choice!