Xcelplus International, Inc. (XLPI)

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re: There's still a chance something could happen

Yes, the EPA could use a little logic for change, respond to the mounting oil crisis and relax the roadblocks for flex conversion kits. Ethanol is already established as less polluting than the previously EPA mandated gasoline additive that ended up being poisonous /carcinogenic and polluting most of the groundwater in the US. They were wrong on that call but will never admit it. Now they apparently still believe that they can do no wrong. Technically, they can say that they are just following congressional directives (to a 't'), but one would think that somebody over there could anticipate which way the wind is blowing and not appear to be totally preoccupied with covering their bureaucratic behinds.

Evidently it's going to take an act of congress to acknowledge the obvious. We are in a position of having to have faith that they will do the right thing. The same sort of Congress that left in place a 50% tariff on otherwise inexpensive imported ethanol (e.g. from Brazil).

It's all just so irksome.

XLPI must comepete with 300+ other lobbyists per congress critter, waste money and wait months on end for something that should only take 10 minutes to decide and not cost any money. Obviously those down 90% on our stock have cause to be annoyed at Bill for not anticipating the problem but on the other hand, who would have thought things would be so difficult in a supposedly free country.