In this podcast, Dave Nielsen, a farmer from Lincoln and member of the Nebraska Corn Board, calls out the poor research put out by big oil and American Petroleum Institute in their latest attempt to discredit E15, a 15 percent ethanol blend.They claimed the research they performed on a few carefully selected engines was better than EPA’s own work and other independent research. "A quick look, however, shows this to not be the case at all," he said.
"In fact, it was so poorly done, the manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s vehicle technologies program wrote a blog post calling it out and listing several key scientific problems," Nielson said.
He goes on to point out they tested eight engines, but tested only three engines with straight gasoline. Of those three, one failed their own test. "That seems rather interesting to me, that one of three engines failed the test when no ethanol was used," he said.
In conclusion, Nielsen said, "I can’t wait for E15 to become available in Nebraska later this year, and I hope you’ll fill up with it, too."
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