Ethanol mandates also result in deforestation, soil erosion, and water pollution.
The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) has similar concerns about the RFS, since
ethanol mandates also have the potential to cause engine damage for marine vessels.
Not exact matches
Obama has, however,
also been a supporter of
ethanol made primarily from corn — a prominent industry in his home state of Illinois — and recently told farmers he supports federal
mandates to make nine billion gallons (34 billion liters) of
ethanol to use as fuel this year.
Obama's EPA is obviously balking at this
also — where for the first time in RFS history, the so called
ethanol «
mandates» were not implemented.
Also of interest is the political reason why the
ethanol mandate is so hard to get rid of: Rural Republican districts benefit hugely from the market distortion and some alt - fuel fanatics in D.C, such as Obama, love to stick it to the oil companies regardless of environmental impact.
In recent years, politicians set impossibly high
mandates for the amounts of
ethanol motorists must buy in 2022 while
also setting impossibly high standards for the fuel economy of cars sold in 2025.
Ironically, using CAFE to decrease consumption while increasing the
ethanol mandate will
also have a significant impact on how much bang consumers get for their buck at the pump in terms of gas mileage.
Representative Goodlatte has
also introduced H.R. 704, a bill that would primarily tackle the corn
ethanol portion of the
mandate.