Texas Proposes Elimination of Ethanol in Gasoline

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From SEMA Action Network

Time to take some action! Let's get this "stuff" out of our fuel!

Please support this by writing these house members.

Texas Proposes Elimination of Ethanol in Gasoline

Legislation (H.B. 1693) to prohibit the sale of motor fuel with an ethanol mixture was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives.

Please Contact Members of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee (List Below) Immediately to Request Support for H.B. 1693

• H.B. 1693 recognizes that ethanol fuels cause problems with fuel pumps, fuel gauges, as well as other engine performance issues, especially over a period of time when the vehicle is not used. Current high performance specialty parts along with pre-model year 2001 cars and parts may be most susceptible to corrosion.

• H.B. 1693 acknowledges that ethanol has been shown to decrease fuel mileage.

• H.B. 1693 recognizes that the life span of vehicles and equipment can be dramatically reduced with the wrong fuel and that owners could be confronted with break downs. Anti-corrosion additives are available for each purchase of gasoline but can become expensive, burdensome and require consumer education.

DON’T DELAY! Please contact House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee members to request support for H.B. 471. Please e-mail a copy of your letter to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org. Also, please forward this Alert to your fellow car enthusiasts. Urge them to join the SAN and help defend the hobby! Thank you for your assistance.

Texas House Agriculture & Livestock Committee

To e-mail all Committee members, copy and paste the email address block below:

tracy.king@house.state.tx.us; charles.anderson@house.state.tx.us; john.cyrier@house.state.tx.us; mary.gonzalez@house.state.tx.us; matt.rinaldi@house.state.tx.us; david.simpson@house.state.tx.us; drew.springer@house.state.tx.us

Representative Tracy O. King (Chair)
Phone: (512) 463-0194
Email: tracy.king@house.state.tx.us

Representative Charles Anderson (Vice-Chair)
Phone: (512) 463-0135
Email: charles.anderson@house.state.tx.us

Representative John Cyrier
Phone: (512) 463-0682
Email: john.cyrier@house.state.tx.us

Representative Mary E. González
Phone: (512) 463-0613
Email: mary.gonzalez@house.state.tx.us

Representative Matt Rinaldi
Phone: (512) 463-0468
Email: matt.rinaldi@house.state.tx.us

Representative David Simpson
Phone: (512) 463-0750
Email: david.simpson@house.state.tx.us

Representative Drew Springer
Phone: (512) 463-0526
Email: drew.springer@house.state.tx.us