Analyzing the Impacts of Big Oil’s RFS “Dream Scenario”
The markets were abuzz last week with a rumor about EPA’s pending 2014 RVO proposal that suggested the agency was mulling the idea of cutting the “renewable fuel” portion from 14.4 billion gallons to 13.0 billion. Here's an examination of the likely impacts of “Big Oil’s dream scenario.”
Posted in Corn prices, Ethanol, Gas Prices, Renewable Fuel Standard
Ethanol Protects Against Repeat of Devastating Effects of 1973 Oil Embargo
October 16th marks the 40th anniversary of the 1973 oil embargo. Economic times are hard enough as is today; hopefully it won’t take another energy crisis to wake Congress up to the importance of a domestically-produced, renewable fuel alternative.
Posted in Gas Prices, OPEC, Oil, Renewable Fuels, Renewable Fuel Standard
Burning Down the Rumor Mill on 2014 RFS Requirements: RVOs must reflect statutory authority
EPA’s proposed rule establishing 2014 RVOs under the RFS is expected to be published soon. Many believe the 2014 RVO will, for the first time ever, require obligated parties to move beyond the status quo and blend volumes of renewable fuel above the so-called “E10 blend wall.”
Posted in Ethanol, EPA, Renewable Fuel Standard
NREL Analysis Affirms the Soundness of E15 and Exposes the Flaws in the CRC Engine Durability Study
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has carefully completed reviewing 43 studies on the effects of E15 on engine durability, emissions, and other factors and issued a report finding that the available literature “…did not show meaningful differences between E15 and E10 in any performance category.”
Ethanol Debate About Fairness to Consumers, Not Subsidies
Apparently, the Wall Street Journal’s zealous defense of the oil industry knows no bounds. Bob Dinneen states why the paper has bet on the wrong horse in this letter to the editor.
Posted in Ethanol, Gas Prices, Oil
The Chicago Tribune’s About-Face is Giving Bob Dinneen a Sore Neck
With the Tribune's flip flop on its position over the RFS, RFA chief Bob Dinneen has taken the initiative to point out how the policy has been good for farmers and consumers.
Posted in Corn, Gas Prices, Renewable Fuel Standard
Dinneen: RFS an Economic Boon for America
The RFS saves consumers money, decreases foreign oil dependence, and creates jobs, states Bob Dinneen in a letter to the editor of the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Posted in Gas Prices, Jobs, Renewable Fuel Standard
The RFS Gives Consumers What They Want: Choice
In a letter to the editor, Bob Dinneen states that the RFS gives consumers choice at the pump. It’s time, he says, for people to stop attacking the most effective energy policy our nation has ever seen.
Posted in E15, Gas Prices, Jobs, Renewable Fuel Standard
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