The US biofuel mandate helps farmers, but does little for energy security and harms the environment
- Written by John DeCicco, Research Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
Surplus corn piled outside a farmer's co-op storage facility in Paoli, Colorado.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesIf you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, almost all gasoline sold nationwide is required to contain 10%...