'Help Me With This Part Of It...': Pete Ricketts Presses EPA Administrator Over Hiring Requests

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to consider the FY2024 budget for the Environmental Protection agency, and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) questioned EPA Administrator, Sec. Michael Regan on Wednesday.

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[dkajj]

Ethanol is terrible for engines and kills small engines.

[BooDamnHoo]

No. Ethanol in gas has less energy per gal than gas and that means you will get worse gas mileage. It is bad for gaming because it covers food production into wasteful alcohol production. Production of ethanol used more energy than you get out of the fuel so there is a large loss there.

[adolfmcduck]

Tell them about the ethanol plant in Mead Nebraska.

[dennytuma]

i live in nebraska. ethanol has made a lot of these farmers rich from tax payer dollars