http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... ts-way-out
Yes, this is not the end of fuel with an ethanol content but a significant reduction in where it was going.
It will still cause issues for our fuel systems and tanks but at a slower rate than might have been the case.
Maybe it'll become the start of a process towards removing it altogether ... if the agriculture lobby can be held in check.
E10 fuel in EU on its way out
Working in financial services and having a Bloomberg gives me access to all sorts of news, including this:
EU Parliament, Nations Set for Talks on Crop-Based Biofuels Cap
2015-02-24 16:33:45.975 GMT
By Jonathan Stearns
(Bloomberg) -- The European Parliament’s environment
committee affirms the assembly’s 2013 vote to fix a 6% limit on
the use of crop-based biofuels in transport and seeks
negotiations on the matter with national governments in Europe.
* The environment committee in Brussels gives the European
Union assembly’s lead negotiator on the draft rule -- Nils
Torvalds -- a mandate to start talks on a final accord with
EU governments, which are seeking a 7% cap on ground
transport’s use of biofuels that come from crops
* NOTE: A negotiated accord on the limit, which is meant to
ease competition with food production, would allow final EU
approval to take place in the “second-reading” stage and
avoid the need for a subsequent conciliation committee
* NOTE: The European Commission wants to prevent an EU
requirement that at least 10% of energy for road and rail
transport in 2020 come from renewable sources from causing
side-effects that undermine the battle against global
warming
* NOTE: The commission, the 28-nation EU’s regulatory arm, in
2012 proposed a 5% limit on crop-based biofuels in ground
transport. The draft legislation needs the support of EU
governments and the bloc’s Parliament
* NOTE: June 13, 2014: EU Countries Seek 7% Cap on Crop-Based
Biofuels in Transport Link
So there is already a law that requires all fuel to have a 10% ethanol content. But they're reconsidering this because of the harmful side effects. The EU parliament wants to limit it at 6%, while the member states (represented in the EU Council - I know a bit about eurocrat legislation) want 7%. Let's hope the Parliament gets its way, but the Council tends to be more powerful.
