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What The Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Teaches US About Ethanol Fuel

What The Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Teaches US About Ethanol Fuel

Over the years, as Bob Gordon and I have advocated ethanol as a fuel for internal combustion engines, we've often been confronted with a curious objection to ethanol. ... Continue reading

$3 Buck Gas - Thank You Mr. Biden, There Are Hurtful Consequences To Stupid Decisions. (Price Gouging Investigation Anyone?)

$3 Buck Gas - Thank You Mr. Biden, There Are Hurtful Consequences To Stupid Decisions. (Price Gouging Investigation Anyone?)

Average U.S. retail gasoline price exceeds $3.00 for the first time since late 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Disruptions to Colonial Pipeline operations prompted an increase in the average U.S. retail price for regular grade gasoline (retail gasoline price) to $3.0 ... Continue reading

I Just Saved $22 When I Filled Up My Van - You Can Too!

I Just Saved $22 When I Filled Up My Van - You Can Too!

17 gallons of E85 @ 33% Discount Compared to E10. Don't be the family chump, be a family champ! ... Continue reading

Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners

Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners

CITATION: Hardman, S., Tal, G. Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners. Nat Energy (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00814-9 For the market share of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) to continue to grow and reach 100% of new vehicle sales, adopters of the technology, who initia ... Continue reading

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis. NHTSA proposed to withdraw its portions of the so-called SAFE I Rule, which sought to preempt States, including California, from issuing their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates. ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits

Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits

Electric cars undoubtedly are the wave of the future, and growth in the segment is on quite an upward trajectory. According to data from Cox Automotive, electrified vehicles accounted for 7.8% of the total Q1 2021 sales, up from 4.8% in the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Testing Anti-Ethanol Tests - UPDATED with Replies

Testing Anti-Ethanol Tests - UPDATED with Replies

Here's what happens when you do a little analysis By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Todd Osgood produces test videos that he publishes on YouTube under the name PROJECT FARM. ... Continue reading

CAR MBS Going LIVE In Traverse City

CAR MBS Going LIVE In Traverse City

You read that right. We are excited to announce that CAR MBS will be back at the Grand Traverse Resort for one of the year's first in-person automotive events. ... Continue reading

2003- Ethanol Gets Into the fuel cell race - Another Swing And Miss

2003- Ethanol Gets Into the fuel cell race - Another Swing And Miss

As the leading domestic, renewable choice for hydrogen fuel cell power, ethanol is winning over the fuel cell R&D community. EPM goes inside the RFA Fuel Cell Task Force responsible for getting ethanol 'in the game' before it's too late.By Tom Bryan | September 01, 2003 Could the ethanol industry be ... Continue reading

In 2010 Senator Carl Levin Agreed with The Auto Channel's Call for Mandated End to Gasoline

In 2010 Senator Carl Levin Agreed with The Auto Channel's Call for Mandated End to Gasoline

DETROIT - October 13, 2010: Speaking at the Business of Plugging In conference in Detroit today, U.S. Senator Carl Levin (Michigan) echoed many of the same proposals put forth more than two years ago by The Auto Channel in their position statement "No New Gasoline Powered Vehicles By 2014..." Most notable was Levin's c ... Continue reading

Growth Energy and American Farm Bureau Federation Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling Against Demand Destruction

Growth Energy and American Farm Bureau Federation Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling Against Demand Destruction

Growth Energy and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC, et al., v. Renewable Fuels Association, et al. The joint brief defends a lower court’s ruling, which vacated refinery exemptions improperly granted by the Environmental Pr ... Continue reading

What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Climate Change

What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Climate Change

The greatest specter of doom and gloom hanging over planet Earth is catastrophic man-made global climate change, formally called "Anthropogenic global warming" or "AGW." ... Continue reading

Hot Auto Topics From C.A.R.

Hot Auto Topics From C.A.R.

The news this week allowed for much reflection and important discussions, given the recent traumatic events affecting the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and the concerning Tesla crashes in Michigan. There was also buzz surrounding both automotive cybersecurity and vehicle emissions regulations, both ho ... Continue reading

U.S. Energy Information Administration to release new monthly biofuels data

U.S. Energy Information Administration to release new monthly biofuels data

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today that it will release expanded monthly biofuels data through a new report—the Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update. On March 31, 2021, EIA plans to publish the first edition of this report, which will contain January 2021 data. ... Continue reading

Growth Energy: COVID Assistance From New UDSA Chief Tom Vilsack Is Welcome Relief for Biofuels Producers

Growth Energy: COVID Assistance From New UDSA Chief Tom Vilsack Is Welcome Relief for Biofuels Producers

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced todaythat the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin issuing a new round of pandemic assistance to key agriculture programs, specifically including biofuels. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor welcomed this announcement in a statement:“We are pleased that US ... Continue reading

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