GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F) Joining Battle Against E15 Ethanol

With the potential to do extraordinary damage to vehicles and machinery, the obsession by some with forcing more ethanol on the American people is being opposed by a growing number of people and corporations, with GM (NYSE:GM) and Ford (NYSE:F) the latest to join the battle against increasing the ethanol mix in gasoline.

They know when vehicles they sell end up getting damaged from ethanol, it'll be them that have to pay to cost of fixing it, or possibly even being sued over it.

The increasingly destructive Environmental Protection Agency forced the mix of gasoline to go up from 10 percent to 15 percent in October, creating the parameters of limiting it to cars and trucks that are newer.

All that stands between destruction of a vehicle (assuming it is safe for new cars and trucks) is for someone to accidentally put it in a vehicle it's not made for.

The answer of the Environmental Protection Agency is to be sure the pumps are marked. Really! That's it. That's what stands in the way of consumers and the destructive E15 ethanol forced on American drivers.

At this time the guidelines offered by the EPA is that cars built in 2007 and later can use E15. The EPA is incredibly and reportedly going to waive cars built after 2001 as well.

Hopefully consumers will refuse this nonsense and continue using E10.

As for safety, even E10 is known to cause a tremendous amount of damage to just about every type of small engine and many older cars as well.

Lawmakers ignored or neglected the opportunity to end this farce when they voted to extend the tax cuts last week. Now we'll have to continue on with this menace until next time the issue is raised.