An anti-ethanol bias at Underwriters Laboratory?

This is a post to refer you to another blog post that was very well done.

It comes from the American Fuels blog and addresses the American Coalition for Ethanol's concern that Underwriters Laboratory is perhaps biased against ethanol. This issue has been picked up in a few publications as a potential stumbling block to a more rapid adoption of higher ethanol blends.

As American Fuels notes:

The Underwriters Laboratory (UL) has made a couple of moves in the last few years that seem to support such a claim. On October 5, 2006 they suspended certification of E85 dispenser even though no safety issues had been reported.

After studying the problem for about a year they issued new requirements on October 16, 2007 for E85 dispensers and began accepting applications for approval. To date no E85 dispenser has received approval. One can only wonder how the lack of UL certified dispensers has slowed the spread of E85 refueling locations but it is fairly well known that Walmart was considering adding pumps at their 300 plus gas stations before certification was pulled.

Check out the full post here.