A higher ethanol blend should be your choice, not the government's

Imagine you’re leaving Washington, D.C., for a weekend getaway on May 30. You pull into a Sheetz station and notice there’s a new fuel option. It’s 88-octane, 10 cents cheaper, and the fuel label tells you it’s E15 (15 percent ethanol) and suitable for use in all vehicles made in 2001 or later.

The station manager is coming out to empty a trash can, so just to be sure, you holler over to her, “what is this new E15?” She tells you that her customers love E15 and there’s been no complaints.