The requirements mandated by the Renewable Fuels Standard and the proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards are likely to create a situation in which one or both of these programs will fail unless significant concerns are addressed, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores.
“RFS and CAFE policies cannot co-exist without substantial changes in the retail and vehicle markets to accommodate significantly higher concentrations of renewable fuels, an unlikely scenario given that we may not even meet current requirements as they stand in 2012,” said John Eichberger, NACS vice president of government relations and the author of the new NACS whitepaper entitled, “The Future of Fuels: An Analysis of Future Energy Trends and Potential Retail Market Opportunities.”
