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- Ethanol: A Dumb Idea or A Crime — Or Both? Wed, 1 Jun 22, 11:00pmShortcomings of ethanol as an alternative to gasoline have been reported continually since at least 2007
- U.S. Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds Fri, 18 Feb 22, 1:00am...such that the carbon intensity of corn ethanol produced under the RFS is no less than gasoline and likely at least 24% higher.
- Ethanol Mandate: Proud Milestone in the Glorious History of Central Planning Wed, 27 Mar 13, 8:34amToday on National Journal’s Energy Experts Blog, I post a comment celebrating the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as a triumph of centralized economic planning...
- EPA Cuts 2012 Cellulosic Blending Target to Zero Fri, 1 Mar 13, 7:13am“U.S. EPA has altered its cellulosic biofuel requirements for 2012 — from 8.65 million gallons to zero,” today’s Climatewire reports. In January, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated EPA’s...
- Ethanol: Bad Deal for Consumers Gets Worse Thu, 7 Feb 13, 4:23amResponding to the anti-Renewable Fuel Standard Hill briefing discussed on this blog yesterday, Tom Buis, CEO of ethanol trade group Growth Energy, asserted that “homegrown American renewable energy provides consumers...
- Hill Briefing Shreds Renewable Fuel Standard Wed, 6 Feb 13, 8:50amThis morning I attended a briefing on “The Renewable Fuel Standard: Pitfalls, Challenges, and the Need for Congressional Action in 2013.” Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense moderated a panel of six experts....
- Ethanol Mandate Waiver: Decks Stacked Against Petitioners Tue, 11 Sep 12, 4:54amThe Governors of Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, and North Carolina have petitioned EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to waive the mandatory ethanol blending requirements established by the Renewable...
- Pressure Grows on EPA to Suspend Ethanol Mandate Tue, 14 Aug 12, 9:03amThe worst drought in 50 years has destroyed one-sixth of the U.S. corn crop. The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WSDE) report, released Friday, projects the smallest corn crop in six years and...
- CAFE, RFS Endanger Convenience Stores, Study Cautions Thu, 26 Apr 12, 4:04amToday, the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) published a study on the challenges facing the more than 120,000 U.S. convenience stores that sell motor fuel in a market increasingly shaped by the competing requirements...
- Do Biofuel Mandates and Subsidies Imperil Food Security? Thu, 1 Dec 11, 11:47amDo biofuel mandates and subsidies inflate food prices? Do they increase world hunger ? There was a rip-roaring debate on the food security impacts of biofuel policies in 2007-2008, when sharp spikes in wheat, corn, and...
- How to Fix a Broken Biofuel Incentive System Sat, 15 Oct 11, 1:10amThe Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, created under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, mandated that increasing volumes of ethanol must be blended into the nation’s gasoline supplies...