Ethanol hits a roadblock

[Matt_S]

Oops! Should have thought about this earlier.

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A move by the nation's largest product-safety laboratory to remove its approval of ethanol fuel pumps has frozen the rollout of new ethanol stations and cast doubt on the legal status of the roughly 1,000 stations already selling E85 fuel.

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Link to Article

 

[JHZR2]

Not exactly a roadblock... an issue, but one that somebody stupidly overlooked. It should have been easy to design a proper system.

"In a statement, UL said it had no reports of problems with E85 systems, but withdrew its certification due to concerns about how ethanol can corrode parts of the fueling system."

 

[Kestas]

Once the problem is properly defined it should be easy to fix it.

 

[Gary Allan]

Yes. It's not like it's a recall on 300,000 vehicles.

 

[michaelc80]

Not really a big deal. In some states the UL listing is required. In Iowa it won't be required until 2009, so we'll still be using E85. It also has no impact on anything below E15, so 90% of the Ethanol sold (E10) won't be impacted at all.

 

[obbop]

Are them pesky feds meddling with our corn likker' agin'?

 

[Bryanccfshr]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,223097,00.html


Does this appear environmentaly friendly?