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Swordsmyth
07-06-2017, 04:44 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a reduction in the amount of biofuels required to be added to gasoline, Reuters reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-idUSKBN19Q27M), in what could be a first step towards a wider reform of the authority’s biofuel rules.
Currently, the Renewable Fuel Standard, which was introduced back in 2005, requires that gasoline in the U.S. must be blended with biofuels. The amount of biofuels was planned to gradually increase on an annual basis, to reach 36 billion gallons (http://www.ethanolrfa.org/policy/regulations/renewable-fuel-standard/) in output in 2022.







As Reuters notes, however, the EPA’s proposal will actually lower the requirements for “renewable fuels” 2018.

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Keith and stuff
07-07-2017, 07:01 AM
Good. It is welfare for farmers and the economy in IA and near-by areas at the expensive of every single person living in the rest of the nation. End all forced corn fuel in the nation.

ILUVRP
07-07-2017, 09:21 AM
Good. It is welfare for farmers and the economy in IA and near-by areas at the expensive of every single person living in the rest of the nation. End all forced corn fuel in the nation.

i had a farm growing c-w-sb , hogs and cattle , i agree with the above , it would hurt the farmers a little , they would just plant more soybeans and wheat , also feed more hogs/cattle as corn would be cheaper .

the very good is how much better our cars/trucks would run and get much better mpg .

TheCount
07-07-2017, 10:46 AM
Good. It is welfare for farmers and the economy in IA and near-by areas at the expensive of every single person living in the rest of the nation. End all forced corn fuel in the nation.

It's for this reason that I think this will get crushed in Congress. Too many critical votes there. We'll add corn farmers to coal miners on the list of industries to be saved for political reasons.