A Tennessee state audit found that the state agencies missed their goal of reducing their use of petroleum products by 20 percent. Legislation enacted in 2007 gave state agencies, universities and community colleges until January 1, 2010 to meet this goal.
MN Vikings E85 Promotion Winner Announced
The Vikings teamed up with ALAMN earlier in the season to bring awareness of E85 to their fans. They gave away free parking at the home games and the grand prize of a trip to Chicago ends their season promotion. Minnesota’s Governor Tim Pawlenty has always been a large supporter of ethanol fuel and the state currently has 351 out …
Ethanol Report on E85 GPS Application
If Santa is bringing you a new Garmin or TomTom GPS for Christmas, you can use it to find E85 fuel for your Flex Fuel Vehicle (FFV) to get you over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house this holiday season. We’ve already told you about the new applications available from the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), one for …
Flex-Fuel Photo Challenge: Cutest Kid
The E85 Flex-Fuel Challenge, a contest by the Renewable Fuels Association, is offering a lucky winner a pretty nice holiday present. The cutest kid photo will win a year’s supply of fuel. Here’s how it works. • Take the most adorable or funny snapshot of your child. • Submit the photo by midnight on January 5th. • Vote for your …
TomTom GPS Finds 85 Percent Ethanol Fuel
The “smart choice in personal navigation” just got smarter. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has released a new GPS application for TomTom users that maps out the location of E85 stations for flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers. RFA also released a similar GPS application for the Garmin GPS device last week. “We are continuing to explore new ways to connect the …
Brazil Renews Tax Break for FFVs
“We want the automobile industry in Brazil to consolidate and to bring new environmental technologies to the country” Mantega told reporters at a news conference in Brasilia. The government will lose an estimated 1.3 billion reais ($751 million) in revenue as a result of the measure. But taking into account potentially higher car sales, saved jobs, and unemployment benefits not …
GPS App Finds 85 Percent Ethanol Stations
Want to know where you can buy E85? There’s an app for that now. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today launched a new application for Garmin GPS units that that maps out the location of E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline) for users with flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs). “The most frustrating thing for many FFV owners is not knowing where they can fill …
DF Cast: Crunching the Renewable Identification Numbers
A big issue in the current Renewable Fuels Standard … as well as the new RFS2 under consideration by the EPA … is the Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). In this edition of the Domestic Fuel Cast, we listen in on the conversation from the recent 2nd Annual RINWorld Summit held in Dallas, TX where the EPA’s John Wienrauch, Office of …