The E-Xchange — E15
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.”
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
Bob Dinneen Fact-Checks the Fort Dodge Messenger
RFA head Bob Dinneen submitted the following letter to the editor of the Fort Dodge Messenger News.
Posted in E15, Renewable Identification Numbers, Renewable Fuel Standard
Look No Further Than the Numbers For Proof that the RFS Works
Need proof that the RFS is the single most effective energy policy this country has ever seen? Bob Dinneen submits the following reasons to the editor of the Marietta Daily Journal.
Posted in E15, Jobs, Renewable Identification Numbers, Renewable Fuel Standard
Ethanol on Two Wheels
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.
Phillips 66 May Find the Renewable Fuel Standard Unstoppable Despite Herculean Effort to Stop It
Phillips 66 CEO Greg Garland said the RFS was “unworkable”. Bob Dinneen says that’s just silly talk. The RFS is a proven success having stimulated investment, created jobs, and significantly lowered our dependence on foreign oil.
Posted in E15, Ethanol, Oil, Renewable Fuel Standard
Dinneen to Forbes: Forbes Should Be Advocating For, Not Arguing Against, Increased Competition
Bob Dinneen, RFA President and CEO, responds to a Forbes editorial attacking the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Posted in E15, Ethanol, Renewable Fuel Standard
Letter to the Editor — Response to Palm Beach Post Ethanol Editorial
Bob Dinneen, RFA President and CEO, responds to a recent Palm Beach Post ethanol editorial.
Response to FT: E10 Blend Wall is Fiction
Bob Dinneen, RFA President and CEO, responds to a recent Financial Times editorial regarding the RFS.
Posted in E15, Ethanol, Renewable Fuel Standard
Stop the RINsanity: Fact-checking Big Oil’s claims on RIN price effects
Oil companies have suggested that increased prices for conventional ethanol RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) are leading to higher gasoline prices at the pump. Some have even deceptively claimed RINs are adding as much as $0.10 per gallon to the retail price of gasoline. This assertion is completely absurd and is easily disproven with a series of very simple calculations. Truth be told, ethanol continues to sell at a discount to gasoline and continues to offer savings at the pump, even when the impact of higher RIN prices is considered.
Posted in E15, Ethanol, Gas Prices
Since When Does the Wall Street Journal Cheer Monopolies?
Once again, despite the facts, the Wall Street Journal, sides with Big Oil and its monopoly against ethanol, Big Oil’s direct competitor. This time the issue is about the purchase of special credits called RIN’s and Big Oil’s latest scapegoat for higher gasoline prices.
Big Oil’s Self-Inflicted Blend Wall and its Impact on RIN Pricing
Oil companies have suggested the recent increase in RIN prices is due to the arrival of the E10 “Blend Wall” and the supposed inability of obligated parties to meet RFS obligations. The truth is, the E10 “Blend Wall” was erected by the oil companies themselves. Here are the facts.
Posted in E15, Ethanol, Renewable Fuel Standard
Gasoline Quality Greatly Affects Fuel Systems; Not Ethanol Content
Kristy Moore, RFA's VP of Technical Services, gives her take on the CRC and its report.
Who Are You Going to Believe: Big Oil — Or 10,000 Miles of Truth?
API’s study claims to prove that 15 percent ethanol blends (E15) will damage your automobile’s engine. The only thing one can glean about E15 from the API study is if you test E15 in a vehicle that has been recalled then you just might have some problems.
Posted in E15
Professor Flunks Ethanol 101
In an op-ed in The Flint Journal on January 16, Mark J. Perry, an economics professor at University of Michigan-Flint, earned a failing grade in Ethanol 101.
E15 Questions for AAA from THE AUTO CHANNEL
Today, Marc Rauch of THE AUTO CHANNEL, wrote to AAA with questions resulting from recent claims against E15.
THE AUTO CHANNEL’s Marc Rauch Responds to FOX Business Story Filled With Misinformation on E15
Marc Rauch of THE AUTO CHANNEL, the Internet's largest automotive information resource, responds to a recent video story about E15.
RFA President Bob Dinneen Defends Ethanol on CNBC
Bob Dinneen, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), appeared in a joint interview today with Bob Darbelnet, President and CEO of the American Automobile Association (AAA), on CNBC's “Closing Bell”. Mr. Dinneen rebuked recent comments made by the auto club, which insisted that E15 damages vehicles.
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