EPA pushing biofuel use through the 10 percent blend wall

The EPA proposal for the 2017 biofuels mandate would drive consumption of renewable fuels by at least half-a-billion gallons above the traditional rate of a 10 percent blend into the gasoline supply, say U-Illinois economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good. The petroleum industry has argued the fuel market is saturated at the 10 percent rate.… » Read More

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