Obama dials back ethanol fuel standard

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http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/261526-epa-unveils-contentious-ethanol-fuel-standard

Obama dials back ethanol fuel standard

By Tim Devaney - 11/30/15 03:59 PM EST

The Obama administration set new standards Monday for ethanol levels in fuel, enraging competing industries that had battled for months to influence the contentious regulations. The final renewable fuel standard (RFS) unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is more stringent than an earlier version of the rule proposed in May but falls short of the threshold set forth in a 2007 law.

Acting Assistant EPA Administrator Janet McCabe defended the standard, which requires oil refiners to mix more biofuel into their gasoline supply, as striking a balance between the ambitious goals of Congress and what is achievable.
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The agency earlier this year proposed requiring oil refiners blend to 16.3 billion gallons of ethanol into their fuel in 2015 and 17.4 billion gallons next year, which means gasoline would have contained about 10 percent ethanol. Those figures jumped to 16.93 billion gallons this year and 18.11 billion next year.

Oil interests argue that increasing the amount of biofuel in gasoline will raise prices at the pump and do further damage to vehicle engines.
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Pro-ethanol groups have dismissed the oil industry concerns as overblown, contending modern cars are certified to run on higher ethanol blends.
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[Historic NY]

1. My new GM truck now only runs on the blend & not straight E85....

they have made Flexfuel an option now. I think they found most people just don't use it on a regular basis not mixed as miles per gallon suffer.