PIERRE — The “High Octane Low Carbon Alliance” is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a higher-octane fuel standard as the agency updates its greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger vehicles and light duty trucks. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says they’re gaining support from more groups including the Alliance for Automobile Innovation…
He says having an auto group join their request squashes the argument the oil industry keeps spouting that biofuel damages engines…
Sombke says pushing the higher octane,lower carbon rule is in response to negative court rulings issued against the biofuels industry…
The High-Octane Low Carbon Alliance is comprised seven ethanol-supportive groups.