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Are the people of California allowed to set standards for gasoline, or is that just the purview of the Federal government? The bigger question is whether the 10th Amendment exists. Why can Washington make determinations that are protected for the States by the 10th?
"In a written statement, the two ethanol trade groups said the measure would erect "new regulatory obstacles" to ethanol and frustrate a 2007 federal law that set targets for the U.S. to blend 36 billion gallons of biofuels a year into the U.S. fuel supply in 2022, up from 11.1 billion gallons in 2009. By frustrating the goals of the 2007 law, the groups said, the California measure violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution."
Ethanol is a fuel--the Feds are subsidizing the cost of ethanol while at the same time by regulation, killing it as an additive to gasoline. The Feds are just screwed up--like their policy of subsidizing tobacco, while trying to kill the sale of cigarettes. The Federal government is one large contradiction and Constitution violator.
Watch this one--will be interesting. The good news is that the loser will be politicians and special interests--the only question is which group of politicians and special interests will lose.
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"In a written statement, the two ethanol trade groups said the measure would erect "new regulatory obstacles" to ethanol and frustrate a 2007 federal law that set targets for the U.S. to blend 36 billion gallons of biofuels a year into the U.S. fuel supply in 2022, up from 11.1 billion gallons in 2009. By frustrating the goals of the 2007 law, the groups said, the California measure violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution."
Ethanol is a fuel--the Feds are subsidizing the cost of ethanol while at the same time by regulation, killing it as an additive to gasoline. The Feds are just screwed up--like their policy of subsidizing tobacco, while trying to kill the sale of cigarettes. The Federal government is one large contradiction and Constitution violator.
Watch this one--will be interesting. The good news is that the loser will be politicians and special interests--the only question is which group of politicians and special interests will lose.
More...