Renewable Fuel Standard

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which was created in 2005 and then expanded in 2007, mandates the use of billions of gallons of biofuel each year. This program is broken beyond repair. The problems with the RFS are numerous—it is based on incredibly mistaken assumptions about domestic oil production, it gives EPA control over the fuels we use, and increases the cost of fuel. Congress could soon consider two types of reforms to the RFS—either a full repeal of the entire program, or a partial repeal that only would affect corn-based ethanol. A partial repeal of the RFS does not fix the biggest problems caused by the law, and therefore, the entire RFS should be repealed.