When fuel prices are low, transportation fuels don’t dominate talk on the US campaign trail. Yet one of the odder twists in the 2016 presidential contest has been general agreement among Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton on the value of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The policy requires growing volumes of renewable fuels to be blended into the US fuel supply, reaching 36 billion gallons in 2022. Although support for the policy varies by region, most oil companies, freemarket advocates and the GOP have called for reform or full repeal of the congressional mandate, especially with the blending requirements now reaching beyond the 10% norm at US retail pumps (JFI Sep.26’16).
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