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June 22nd, 2012, 12:34 PM
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They call me MR. Kitty 
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Thank God we are being Ruled by the best and the brightest
Cause if we weren't then something like this might happen.
Federal regulations can be maddening, but none more so than a current one that demands oil refiners use millions of gallons of a substance, cellulosic ethanol, that does not exist.
"As ludicrous as that sounds, it's fact," says Charles Drevna, who represents refiners. "If it weren't so frustrating and infuriating, it would be comical." And Tom Pyle of the Institute of Energy Research says, "the cellulosic biofuel program is the embodiment of government gone wild." Refiners are at their wit's end because the government set out requirements to blend cellulosic ethanol back in 2005, assuming that someone would make it. Seven years later, no one has. "None, not one drop of cellulosic ethanol has been produced commercially. It's a phantom fuel," says Pyle. "It doesn't exist in the market place." And Charles Drevna adds, "forcing us to use a product that doesn't exist, they might as well tell us to use unicorns." And yet, they still have to pay what amounts to fines
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June 22nd, 2012, 12:57 PM
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 Soon hopefully they will start to address the by far and I mean a LONG way worst of all greenhouse gases, Di-hydrogen Monoxide! This cellulosic ethanol is produced from switchgrass, lawn clippings, wood chips, and etc.
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June 22nd, 2012, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Midnight Marauder
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