EPA Proposes New Fuel Standards

 

The EPA recently proposed a Renewable Fuels Standard Program in hopes of reducing dependency on oil by doubling the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel (pictured).

The U.S. EPA has proposed a Renewable Fuels Standard Program (RFS) designed to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil by doubling the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. A national RFS Program will create new markets for farm products and greater energy security. Advanced technologies under development could make it possible to produce renewable ethanol from agricultural and industrial waste at a cost competitive with today's gas prices. In 2006, there will be about 4.5 billion gallons of renewable fuel consumed as motor vehicle fuel in the United States. The RFS program requires that this volume increase to at least 7.5 billion gallons by 2012.