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Poll Doesn't Accurately Reflect Public Opinion on Renewable Fuel Standard, RFA Says
Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:17:14 CDT
This is an editorial distributed by Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association:
The fact is the majority of the American people support the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and are happily, without incident, driving on E15 where available. Don't be fooled by the biased polling released today by the American Petroleum Institute (API).
In February, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) commissioned a poll to gauge support for the RFS and found that 64 percent of those polled favored the legislation. This June, that number increased in a Fuels America poll, which found that 73 percent of Americans support the RFS. That same poll also found that three out of four Americans want a renewable fuels choice at their gas station.
We can agree on the fact that all consumers need more education and awareness of E15 (15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline). The more you know, the more you want it. E15 is EPA approved for vehicles 2001 and newer. It is available at approximately 40 stations in nine states. In fact, consumers have already driven roughly 40 million miles on the blend in the past year without a single instance of engine damage or inferior performance.
"If Big Oil push polled any harder, they would have broken respondents' arms to get the biased answers they sought. This poll is yet another insincere stunt concocted by API to attack the RFS and higher level ethanol blends. If you want to see scary numbers, just look at the outrageous profits oil companies are posting thanks to their monopoly on the fuel market. It is bad enough that Americans are held hostage to environmentally damaging, expensive oil," stated Bob Dinneen, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association. "Ethanol provides consumers with a fuel option that has proven to lower gas prices by $1/gallon on average in 2012 and 2013. It is no wonder that the most recent Fuels America poll shows that 73 percent of people support the Renewable Fuel Standard. Instead of scaring people, Big Oil should invest in the infrastructure to expand choice at the pump. Seriously, they need to stop baking the numbers to shield from the fact that they are losing market share and the only way out is to attack the RFS."
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