Biofuel Boondoggle Fleeces American Drivers
12th March 2015
What may be most baffling of all is the simple fact that this is not a green policy. At first glance you might believe it to be, with renewable right there in the title and the prefix “bio-” so often appended to descriptions of this corn-based fuel, but studies have shown the kinds of fuel being produced by the RFS are anything but green.
This is a policy mess that dates back to the Bush Administration, though it is one the current President was more than happy to continue in order to enhance his green credentials. It’s clear that it has failed, by any metric. Bills to repeal and reform the RFS are working their way through Congress at the moment; we’ll be watching their progress in the hopes that we can find a way to end this biofuel boondoggle.