Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to allow higher ethanol content in summer fuel blends in an effort to lower fuel prices. On March 25, the EPA formally approved a temporary waiver for the nationwide sale of E15. Several weeks later, the European Commission started to prepare itself to do the same thing for E20.The claimed rationales and specific blends are different, but the results are functionally going to be the same.Europe wants to start selling fuel that is 20 percent ethanol and 80 percent gasoline. This week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen even asked members of parliament to consider allowing E20 as a way to de-carbonize the continent. The EU is attempting to frame this as an environmental issue.By contrast, the Trump administration has said that the play for E15 in the United States is being done to help drive down ga …
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Author: Matt Posky
