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Renewable Fuels Standard Creates More Problems Than It Solves

written by Isaac Orr

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For the Farmers, the Biofuel Bubble has Already Burst

by Isaac Orr May 18, 2016

It’s planting season, and farmers are taking to the fields to put food on our tables. Even though Ted Cruz has withdrawn from the presidential race, his victory in the Iowa Caucuses caused political pundits of all stripes to speculate about the future of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and the corn ethanol mandate, largely because someone, Cruz, had finally campaigned against the ethanol mandate and managed to win in Iowa. While some wonks in Washington, DC may talk about a political end for the ethanol mandate, for the nation’s farmers, the biofuel bubble has already burst.

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Renewable Fuels Standard Creates More Problems Than It Solves

For the Farmers, the Biofuel Bubble has Already Burst