The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA today its much anticipated goals to the admixture of renewable fuels to fuels for automobiles for the next three years from 2016 presented. Then should be added in the coming year to 17.4 billion gallons of renewable fuels gasoline and diesel.
Thus a long uncertainty over further policy ends the U.S. Government for the use of renewable fuels. This year a total 16.3 billion gallons (1 gallon = 3,7854 litre) mix the fuels. The amount then click over 17 billion gallons increases in the coming year.
The speculation about a possible reduction of energy sources to mixing with ends with this decision, as representatives of the petrochemical industry had requested it. But also the representatives of the ethanol manufacturer, which had called for a significant expansion of the admixture, have achieved not their target. In 2007 which had provided U.S. much higher impurity Government, low minimum quantities but had resulted in a controversial discussion on the sense and nonsense of the measures.
The EPA has found a compromise, which created take into account the facts and allow growth for the industry. She also defended their upper limit (blend wall), the automotive industry would be not so far with their motorbikes. The biodiesel industry in the United States welcomed this decision and considered it as a step in the right direction.
