Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ proposed biofuels mandate has quickly become divisive.
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association director Monte Shaw says by setting a 10 percent minimum ethanol standard for gasoline fuel and 11 percent minimum standard for biodiesel, farm incomes would increase, costs to motorists would decrease, and air quality would improve.
But FUELIowa CEO Ronald Langston tells Brownfield they would rather see an incentive-driven legislative process.
“The fuel industry has created, working with agriculture (and) without any mandates, over $1 billion-worth of investment and sales in the biofuels arena.”
FUELIowa is part of the newly formed Fuel Choice Coalition that opposes the mandate. Members include retail chains Casey’s, Kum and Go, and Kwik Star.
