Why are FlexFuel Vehicles (FFVs), Ethanol, E85, and renewable fuels so important?
The production and use of renewable fuels like ethanol have had the support of the last five U.S. presidents and current Administration, plus 12 congressional delegations. There is consensus among our leaders and total bipartisan support because we need to actively pursue our national economic, environmental, and energy security goals (Ethanol Fact Book (1.7 Mb PDF). A national Renewable Fuel Standard was first created on August 8, 2005 when the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was signed into law http://www.epa.gov/OMS/renewablefuels/. Since then, the national Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was enhanced and expanded when the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was signed. This law makes the government responsible for revising and implementing regulations to ensure that gasoline sold in the United States contains a minimum volume of renewable fuel – not just ethanol. There are several requirements that require the government to continuously monitor the impact of the RFS on the economy
