Robert White

Robert White

Ethanol on Two Wheels

June 18, 2013

RFA's Robert White has been riding motorcycles on ethanol-blended fuel for 23 years now without an issue. E10 has become the standard fuel for most Americans. The debate used to be that E10 was not acceptable for motorcycles, but that changed in the past couple of years with the idea of E15. No motorcycles are approved to use E15, yet AMA has made it a top priority to stop. Their pitch to Congress is to stop E15 until testing can be done. White says how about we just follow the label and not use it.

Posted in Safety, E15, Engines, Ethanol, EPA

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Kristy Moore

Kristy Moore

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: CRC’s Engine Durability Highlights Failures on All Fuel Tested

June 07, 2013

A study released by the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) has been stirring up debate recently. The report looked at the performance of vehicles tested with ethanol blends. After one look at the colorful chart the report provided, one would gather the only failures in the test program were on ethanol blended fuels. That is far from factual. RFA's Kristy Moore explains.

Posted in Engines, Ethanol, Test

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Bob Dinneen

Bob Dinneen

Letter to the Editor — Dinneen: E15 is Well-Tested

June 05, 2013

RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen submitted a letter to the editor of the Galesburg Register-Mail in response to a guest opinion piece that ran in the May 18 edition of the newspaper.

Posted in E15, Ethanol, EPA, Safety, Test

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Geoff Cooper

Geoff Cooper

U.S. Ethanol Exports Tumble in April; Imports Lowest in 11 Months

June 04, 2013

U.S. ethanol exports totaled 40.9 million gallons (mg) in April, down 30% from March and the lowest monthly total since November 2012. Fuel ethanol imports totaled just 17.1 mg.

Posted in DDGS, Ethanol, Exports, Production

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