RFA says studies show E12 is safe for cars, American Petroleum Institute disagrees

In Washington, the American Petroleum Institute said that the call for approval of E12 ethanol blends by the Renewable Fuel Association was premature. “RFA fails to note there is a large-scale cooperative government/industry research effort under way seeking to better understand the impacts of intermediate ethanol blends. The API study, which is incomplete, is one part of that effort. The last field phase has not been conducted,” API said in a statement. The RFA had quoted six studies from the Coordinated Research Council, the University of Minnesota, Minnesota State University, and API in suggesting that there was enough evidence to go forward with E12.

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