Legislation Would Make Ethanol Available at More Pumping Stations

Hoosier Ag Today
08/09/2009

Legislation introduced by Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Richard Lugar of Indiana has received the endorsement of Growth Energy. The Consumer Fuels and Vehicles Choice Act is designed to give American drivers the choice of filling up on low-carbon fuel, like ethanol, by increasing the number of flex fuel vehicles and pumping stations available to consumers.

The act calls for: 50 percent of all automobiles manufactured for sale in the United States to be flex fuel capable by 2011; 90 percent of all automobiles manufactured for U.S. sale to be flex fuel capable by 2013; More blender pumps at retail fueling stations capable of dispensing blends of fuel that contain anywhere from 0 percent ethanol to 85 percent ethanol, and; Authorizing grants of up to 50 percent of the cost for installing blender pumps and tanks and other infrastructure needed for selling these fuel blends.

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