Stop the myths — allow year-round E15
Key takeaways
- Unfortunately, ahead of this crucial vote, anti-ethanol rhetoric and misinformation have reached a fever pitch.
- When you pull into any retail gas station offering E15 today, your own eyes will see that the fuel is the lowest-cost option available.
- The average E15 price (as reported by real people at real gas stations) in recent weeks has been 42 cents per gallon less than E10 prices at those same stations.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
The bill also makes targeted reforms (supported by 80 percent of the oil industry) to the Renewable Fuel Standard to ensure refiners are able to compete on a level playing field when it comes to renewable fuel blending obligations.
Unfortunately, ahead of this crucial vote, anti-ethanol rhetoric and misinformation have reached a fever pitch. And it s all coming from a small group of mid-sized oil refiners who have exploited loopholes in the existing RFS program to avoid blending biofuels. In recent days, certain members of Congress and front groups for those Fortune 500 refiners have ramped up their inflammatory and erroneous attacks on E15, ethanol and America s farmers. It s time to set the record straight.
When you pull into any retail gas station offering E15 today, your own eyes will see that the fuel is the lowest-cost option available. E15 typically sells for 15 to 40 cents per gallon less than standard E10 gasoline; often, the savings are even greater.