In the meantime just purchase gasoline at the marinas that offer non ethanol.
I go right to the airport for all of my small engines. Pure gasoline.
Yes, a short term solution and yes it is quite pricey. But does save long term on repairs.
Also for small engines repair shops and big box stores now sell non ethanol gas in small cans.
As far as this type of legislation - the corn lobby is pretty strong on both sides of the aisle.
"Corn and soybean levels are extremely tight, and their prices have skyrocketed since June. However, these two grains are mostly used as livestock feeds. Corn is also diverted to produce ethanol because of our government mandate.
Earlier this month, the United Nations urged the U.S. to ease its ethanol mandate. The origin of this policy goes back to 2005 when Congress set requirements of corn to be used for automotive fuel. In 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act greatly increased those requirements to improve air quality and become more energy secure. Behind the scenes, however, corn and other agricultural lobbyists were promoting the mandate to create a larger market for corn. Using current numbers, this year's ethanol mandate would theoretically require 44% of this year's corn crop, a third of which is recycled back as distillers grains for livestock feed."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/opinio...-corn-ethanol/