Is the ethanol mandate the most broken policy in America?

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THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD IS BROKEN

For more than a decade, the ethanol mandates (Renewable Fuel Standard) have not only failed to deliver on their goals, they’ve actually worked against them – an unfortunate case of good intentions gone bad.

Read on to learn where the policy went wrong and how we can fix it.

The RFS is a hidden tax that hurts consumers and limits their choices. – Nan Swift, National Taxpayers Union

Consumers — from boat owners to motorcyclists and everyday commuters — are forced to use a fuel that they do not want and most cannot use. Consumers should determine ethanol’s place in the market, not Big Government. Now is the time for Congress to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Every American who learns about the broken promises of the ethanol mandate takes us one step closer to reform.

Increased Imports and Consumer Costs. Must be the Biodiesel Mandate.

For the last 13 years, the RFS has been a lose-lose policy for American energy independence and consumer choice. The EPA is keeping the RFS on track for continued failure — despite mandating unattainable biofuel blending requirements year after year, the EPA has yet again proposed an increase in volume targets for 2019.