The total blend of ethanol in the fuel supply in 2016 is about 10.1 percent based on the ethanol volume of 14.5 billion gallons. If set at 9.7 percent as proposed in the Flores-Welch bill, however, the volume obligation for ethanol would be 13.86 billion gallons.As a follow-up to last Friday’s report on the 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the petroleum industry’s noted push for a Required Volume Obligation (RVO) of 9.7 percent of the total fuel supply is based on newly proposed legislation, the Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act, sponsored by Representatives Bill Flores (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Jim Costa (D-California) and Robert Goodlatte (R-Virginia). This bill would require the following:
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The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
