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to account for future refinery ex- mand for ethanol and biodiesel. home in ways within our control.
emptions. IRFA will also continue work- Why not start by working with
I can’t tell you what will hap- ing to open export markets like our local retailers to offer higher
pen, but if – and it’s a huge if – China and Mexico. blends of ethanol and biodiesel?
the EPA follows their commit- Last year was not a fun year. I wait eagerly for the day I can
ments in future years, then the But policy seeds were planted drive home to Shenandoah and
15 billion-gallon RFS really will that could grow into meaning- fuel up with E85. Steps were
be 15 billion gallons. We should ful opportunities for biofuels taken in 2019 to make it much
not fail to grasp just how impor- producers, farmers, and retailers easier for retailers to offer biofu-
tant that could be. in 2020. The task before us is to els, but we customers must drive
No, 2019 was not perfect. But work with the Trump adminis- it home. Tell your local fuel re-
it was pretty good for policy. tration to make this happen. I am tailer that you too want the op-
As we turn our attention to ready and willing if they are. tion to purchase home-grown
2020, the top of the “to do” list But our future is not exclu- Unleaded88, E85, and biodiesel
is to work with EPA to ensure sively in the hands of politicians, blends that support your com-
it actually follows through on bureaucrats and foreign leaders. munity. Let’s make 2020 the year
handling refinery exemption re- The good news is we can also that possibility becomes a real-
quests in a manner that protects work to drive demand for biofu- ity.
the RFS and boosts domestic de- els and farm commodities here at

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