API launches new RFS advocacy campaign focused on consumers
API launched a new multi-faceted Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) advocacy campaign that includes TV and online advertising. The campaign will focus on how higher ethanol mandates can hurt consumers and threaten to reverse America’s energy renaissance which has made the United States the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world.
API Downstream Group Director Frank Macchiarola said, “This mandate and the high ethanol blends it will bring can result in damaged engines and fuel systems potentially forcing drivers to pay for costly repairs, according to extensive testing by the auto and oil and natural gas industries. This broken RFS mandate could also raise prices at the pump.”
A recent poll showed that 77% of registered voters are concerned about government requiring increased amounts of ethanol in gasoline and 73% agree that federal regulations could contribute to increased costs at the pump. The Congressional Budget Office found that forcing ethanol consumption to statutory levels, mainly by using higher ethanol blends like E85, could cost consumers an additional $0.26/gal at the pump.
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