Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Lifting the arbitrary cap and allowing ethanol blends of up to 15 percent is our nation’s means to achieve commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol, green jobs and a better environment.”

Jeff Broin, CEO, Poet: “Lifting the arbitrary cap and allowing ethanol blends of up to 15 percent is our nation’s means to achieve commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol, green jobs and a better environment. It is important that Americans use this [EPA waiver] comment period to let the Environmental Protection Agency know how important homegrown ethanol is to our nation.”

From TodaysTrucking.com: “The BC government and Ottawa need to drastically change the way they plan to roll out their mandatory biodiesel programs…The problem with the rule… is that the actual blend at the pump is left free to vary between the stated value based on customer demand. Not surprisingly, some large commercial customers with market leverage will be able to demand little to no biodiesel content, leaving the supplier no choice but to comply with the B5 average rule by dumping biodiesel blends higher than B5 onto customers with less buying power. Truckers come to mind. That’s a big problem for carriers in colder climates, where notorious cold flow and gelling issues associated with higher biodiesel blends on older engines can be a major issue.”

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