Government Fuel Goals Will Require Higher Ethanol Blends, Study Concludes

The New York Times Green Inc.
April 17, 2009, 7:41 am
By Kate Galbraith
The Associated Press

If government mandates are to be met, higher ethanol blends will be necessary, a new report from the National Commission on Energy Policy.A new report on biofuels is urging that better infrastructure and more aggressive policies necessary if the nation is to meet its mandates for ethanol and other alternative fuels.

The report, by the National Commission on Energy Policy, argues that the nation needs to increase the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline, as well as make it easier for biofuels plants and pipelines to get government permits and make it easier to transport ethanol.

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