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Opinion: Alternatives to the RFS

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It’s also a political lightning rod given the stagnation of fuel consumption matched with accelerating ethanol blending. The oil industry would seem to be understandably upset about it. The expansion of the RFS in 2007 goes far beyond just replacing MTBE with ethanol as the required fuel oxygenate (and avoiding lawsuits ).

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Note the different scaling used in the graphs.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

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A more recent study found that, since the program coaxed farmers into using more land for corn cultivation, RFS biofuel wasn’t actually any less carbon-intensive than gasoline. Amidst a backdrop of rising fuel prices, the Biden administration might bring the RFS its greatest shakeup yet. In 2016, a U.S. Now, it is 2022.

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